The Missile Defense Agency is getting closer to naming a site for a European wing of ground-based interceptor missiles, said Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering III, head of the Missile Defense Agency, at a conference in Huntsville, Ala., Tuesday. Likely candidates are Britain, the Czech Republic, or Poland. Obering told Reuters news service that the US would install 10 interceptors in Europe by 2011.
The Air Force must better explain Agile Combat Employment concepts, align training standards, and address staff shortages to be ready to implement the strategy, according to a new report by the federally funded RAND Corporation.