USAF air controllers participating in Exercise Immediate Response in Bulgaria have not found it hard to communicate with their Bulgarian counterparts. In fact, TSgt. Richard Walker says, “I just stand back and observe the operations. If needed, I will help the controller talk to the [F-15E] pilot or assist if a procedure needs to be tweaked.” Walker, who is chief controller for the 48th Operations Support Squadron from RAF Lakenheath, England, gave the Bulgarian controllers—who generally are pilots or former pilots—a short lesson on F-15E operations before the exercise began.
House Panel Proposes Eliminating SDA, Space RCO
May 27, 2026
House lawmakers this week included language in their version of the fiscal 2027 defense policy bill that would dissolve two Space Force rapid acquisition organizations, absorbing their programs and potentially replicating their authorities in the service’s new portfolio-based acquisition system.