Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry Goodall was killed Sept. 2 when the twin-engine aircraft he was piloting crashed after he tried to return to the small field in Waco, Tex., he had just left. Goodall, who was 73, was the only one on board. He entered the service in 1949, serving eight years in the enlisted corps before receiving a commission in 1957 and earning his wings in 1959. Goodall flew 200 combat missions in Southeast Asia and served in various Air Force command, Joint Staff, and NATO assignments before retiring in 1991 as commander of Allied Air Forces Southern Europe.
Pentagon Task Force, FAA to Test Counter-Drone Laser
March 7, 2026
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force announced it would conduct a high-energy laser test with the Federal Aviation Administration less than a month after the use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border prompted the FAA to shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas.