Retired Gen. Louis Theodore Seith, a World War II B-17 pilot, died March 6 of natural causes in Washington, D.C. He was 86. Seith graduated in 1943 from West Point, entering the Army Air Corps. He flew 261 combat hours during the war. Seith held various command and staff positions over his career, serving last as chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Belgium before his retirement in 1977.
The T-7 Red Hawk next-generation jet trainer underwent a second round of extreme weather testing as the Air Force presses to get T-7 into production so it can replace the aging T-38 Talon. “This new round of tests looked to...