An estimated 150 airmen and 14 Air Force aircraft showed up at Ilopango AB, El Salvador, and Guatemala City, Guatemala, to participate in two international air shows as part of a US Southern Command initiative to collaborate with the Central American countries. Both the USAF Thunderbirds and Air Combat Command’s F-15 West Coast Demonstration Team headlined the two shows.
China’s rapidly advancing capabilities in space are a major concern for the presumed next chief of U.S. Space Force, who will likely oversee rapid growth in manpower and equipment to counter the growing threat.