F-22 fighter achieves initial operational capability. The first combat-ready unit is the 27th Fighter Squadron, part of the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB, Va.
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…