Boeing recently announced plans to use the Melrose Bombing Range in New Mexico for unmanned aerial vehicle training flights, but the Portales (N.M.) News-Tribune reports the announcement is unrelated to the search for a new mission for nearby Cannon Air Force Base. That means don’t throw out the Air Force-prepared prospectus—the mission search continues.
An F-16 pilot was awarded a Silver Star for a harrowing mission in which he dodged multiple surface-to-air missiles during the opening weeks of the operation against the Houthis in Yemen earlier this year.
