For 76 young people, enlisting in the Air Force took center stage in front of a San Francisco 49er football crowd of 70,000. It was actually the third such event for the 49ers. The first half-time enlistment ceremony took place in 2004. The 49ers entertainment director Lorie Murphy says this year’s swear-in “captivated the entire halftime show—the response was as loud as when the team scores a game-winning touchdown.”
U.S. Air Forces Central has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract worth up to $270 million to a California-based company to provide an ultra-long range, solar-powered drone capable of 75 hours of flight.