At last report, the search for Air Force Maj. Jill Metzger, who disappeared Sept. 5 during a trip to a store in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, is still in place. More details are slowly emerging as a joint US-Kyrgyz investigation is underway for the major who was nearing the end of her deployment as a personnel officer at Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan. The New York Times reports that there have been no claims of abduction or signs of foul play.
The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force has unveiled a new electronic warfare drone designed to fly with fighter jets into contested airspace, including alongside its fleet of F-35s. RAF says it plans to develop models that draw on the U.S. Air Force’s approach of mating unmanned systems with crewed platforms.