Officials at the US Air Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nev., on April 6 formally opened the center’s Irregular Warfare Center of Excellence, which will evaluate, analyze, and train airmen and US allies in the means to integrate irregular warfare capabilities into conventional warfare. (Nellis photo release) n Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee has successfully test fired the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Falcon Combined Cycle Engine Test; it was also the first customer test using AEDC’s Aerodynamic Propulsion Test Unit since it underwent an extensive, multi-year upgrade. (AEDC photo release)
Members of Congress from both parties expressed frustration and dismay over the abrupt and still-unexplained firing last month of Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh from his dual role as head of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency.