Some 155 airmen from the Royal Australian Air Force are deployed to Southwest Asia, where they operate C-130 airlifters, flying supplies throughout the Southwest Asia area of operations. SrA. Clark Staehle also reports that some RAAF airmen work in the Combined Air Operations Center, where they coordinate Australian airlift flights and provide intelligence for other Australian assets in the theater.
The Pentagon has concluded a new agreement to buy laser-guidance kits that turn rockets into drone-killing weapons. BAE Systems and the Defense Department announced a framework deal of up to seven years for 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance kits annually for the U.S. military.