US Strategic Command gets green light from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to “immediately” establish a subordinate US Cyber Command. The new subunified command will be located at Ft. Meade, Md., the site of the National Security Agency.
Less than a day after arriving in the Middle East, F-15E Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. defended Israel from an Iranian attack in April 2024. DUDE flight, four F-15Es from the 335th Fighter Squadron, downed two dozen Iranian drones in roughly 45 minutes.