Col. Margaret Woodward, commander of 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill AFB, Fla., says she is canceling next spring’s air show for security reasons, though there is no specific threat. Woodward believes the wing’s operational tempo limits the resources the unit could tap to protect the 6,000-acre facility.
The Air Force wants to pump more than $12 billion over the next five years into its new affordable long-range missiles program and recently asked industry to push the flights of some of those munitions beyond 1,200 miles.