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.
The Air Force achieved its goal of recruiting 32,750 Active-Duty enlisted Airmen for 2026 five months ahead of schedule, military officials said this week—its biggest recruiting year in more than two decades.