The Minnesota Air National Guard just celebrated its 150th birthday—and the airmen shared the event with Vice President Dick Cheney. As part of the celebration, Cheney presented a Minuteman statue to MSgt. Mark Wasserbauer, honoring the airmen as the ANG Sergeant of the Year.
A top Pentagon tech official called on industry this week to help the military develop “lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons designed to go on aircraft and conduct special operations missions or down drones—areas where the Air Force’s directed energy efforts have been quiet as of late.