US Air Force in Europe’s 492nd Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, Britain, and US Army Europe’s 1st Armored Division will be training alongside Bulgarian and Romanian forces for Immediate Response 2006 to be conducted in Bulgaria and Romania from July 17-31. Among the training scenarios will be weapons familiarization live-fire exercises, simulated urban operations, and air assault training.
The Pentagon’s top research lab is interested in developing a hypersonic cruise missile prototype that provides “a revolutionary leap in operational performance,” as the first wave of U.S. hypersonic weapons enters production and service.