An accident investigation board reviewing the mid-air collision of an F-15C with an F-16 near Eielson AFB, Alaska on June 11 has concluded the pilot of the F-15 wasn’t paying attention to his altitude. The F-15 pilot from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB, Va., ejected safely; the F-16 pilot from Nellis AFB, Nev., was able to land his fighter, but it sustained about one million dollars in damage. The two were taking part in Red Flag Alaska.
A decade and a half after awarding a contract for a new ground control system to manage its GPS satellites, the Pentagon has finally gotten its hands on the thing. The Space Force officially took ownership of the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System, or OCX, the service announced this week.…