USAF F-16s provided CAS for coalition troops under fire near Al Qaim, Iraq, on Thursday. The F-16s responded to a call, striking enemy forces with two GBU-12s.
Bell Textron has won DARPA's contest for a no-runway, high-speed drone that will prove out technologies useful for special operations forces and possibly the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept. Bell's design converts a tiltrotor to a jet-powered aircraft able to fly at up to 450 knots.