A C-17 was involved in a mishap Jan. 30 while landing at Bagram AB, Afghanistan. Air Forces Central said in a Jan. 30 release that the incident took place at about 10:20 p.m. local time. Initial reports indicated that the aircraft landed “with its gear not fully extended,” causing a small fire, according to a separate release that same day from US Forces Afghanistan. There were no injuries to the aircrew, but the airfield was closed “until further notice,” USFOR-A said. A safety board will be convened to investigate the incident. Afghanistan was the site of another C-17 accident back in December when one of the Boeing-built transports made a hard landing at Kandahar Air Field, sustaining damage. (For more, read Stars and Stripes Feb. 1 report.)
A new Navy missile could fill a long-range air-to-air need for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation fighters. The Navy’s portfolio acquisition executive for munitions posted information on the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile online on Aug. 22, the same day it unveiled the project at the service’s…