: More than 20 airmen took part in tests at Scott AFB, Ill., June 8-9 to assess the ability of medical personnel to evacuate ambulatory and littered patients quickly and safely from the C-27J. These activities were part of the aircraft’s ongoing production qualification testing. “We gathered data so aeromedical evacuation training regulations and operating instructions for the aircraft can be written,” said MSgt. Michael Baker, an Air Mobility Command test director assigned to JB McGuire, N.J. These tests were a precursor to the small airlifter’s multi-service operational test and evaluation planned for later this summer. The Air Force has taken over responsibility for what was previously the Army-led Joint Cargo Aircraft program, and is acquiring a fleet of 38 C-27Js to deliver supplies and personnel directly to austere forward operating locations. The service expects to start operating the C-27Js in Southwest Asia around the end of the year. (Scott report by Bekah Clark.)
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
