F-15Es, working with a B-1B bomber, used 500-pound and 2,000-pound joint direct attack munitions to take out enemy combatants, including an outpost, in Nagalam, Afghanistan on June 8, Air Forces Central said in a June 9 release. Also in Afghanistan on that day, an F-15E dropped a 500-pound laser-guided bomb on enemy combatants in Musa-Qala, and a second Strike Eagle destroyed enemy rocket teams in Orgun-E with a 500-pound JDAM and a 2,000-pound JDAM. In all, coalition aircraft flew 58 close air support missions June 8 in Afghanistan and 22 in Iraq, AFCENT said.
The design of the launch facilities for the Air Force’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile are likely to undergo major revision, posing yet another challenge for the much-delayed and over-budget program to modernize the land-based component of America’s nuclear triad, officials said.