The Montana Air National Guard’s 120th Fighter Wing is sending more than 150 airmen and eight F-16s to participate in close air support training at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., reports the Great Falls Tribune. The two-week exercise, which kicks off Dec. 1, is called Snowbird.
In a nighttime ceremony contrived to continue concealment of many of its features, the new B-21 bomber rolled out of Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif. plant Dec. 2. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the aircraft's advanced technology represents "deterrence, the American way."