The Air Force Weapons School at Nellis, AFB, Nev., received its first F-22A Raptor fighter aircraft on Jan. 9. A Nellis spokeswoman tells the Daily Report that the weapons school is scheduled to receive five Raptors in total. The next one will arrive in March and then one per month after that until all five are in place in June, she says. These Raptors will be part of Nellis’s 57th Wing and used to train PhD-level instructor pilots.
Three of four congressional committees with influence over defense policy have voted to change the official name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War—but final approval of the Pentagon rebrand is months away and not yet assured.