The US Air Force Warfare Center is the new name for the Air Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nev., according to the Air Force. Officials say the name change more accurately captures the mission of the center to integrate space and information operations with air warfare.
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand a nuclear attack and keep…