US Air Force A-10s and a Predator unmanned aircraft provided close air support to coalition troops in the vicinity of Asadabad, Afghanistan, Thursday. The A-10s performed an air strike, expending 178 30mm cannon rounds and 11 rockets against insurgents who attacked a convoy.
Northrop Grumman test fired its newest solid rocket motor Dec. 4, part of an internally funded effort to rapidly design and build SRMs using advanced manufacturing techniques.
