Col. Robert Polumbo, vice commander of Air Force Reserve Command’s 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead ARB, Fla., surpassed 4,000 flying hours in an F-16. SrA. Erik Hofmeyer reports that Polumbo, a 1984 Air Force Academy graduate, has been flying F-16s since 1985. He joined the Reserves after 14 years on active duty and kept right on flying the F-16. His hours include 100 in combat.
A new Navy missile could fill a range gap that the U.S. Air Force needs for its fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation fighters. The Navy’s portfolio acquisition executive for munitions posted information on the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile online on Aug. 22, the same day it unveiled the project at…