The Missile Defense Agency and Boeing installed the ninth Ground Based Midcourse Defense program interceptor in its underground silo at Ft. Greeley, Alaska, on Sept. 18. That makes seven for Alaska and two at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Now, if they could just finish the tests.
A yearslong effort to find an affordable way to turn cargo planes into strike platforms is now an official program with anticipated fielding in 2027.