This may be a first. The Air Force has selected two instructor pilots, who happen to be husband and wife, to train as B-2 bomber pilots. Currently, Capt. Rob Makros and Capt. Beth Makros serve as T-38 IPs at Vance AFB, Okla. They will transfer to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo., in July. They have not always been this lucky, spending much of their six years in the Air Force apart.
Air Force Global Strike Command tested an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early May 20, launching the ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.