Eight F-16s and more than 200 airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard recently deployed to Hungary for training and support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The airmen from the 140th Wing at Buckley AFB are conducting training and familiarization events with the Hungarian air force at Papa AB, according to an Air National Guard release. The aircraft will also conduct training with Hungarian and Slovenian joint terminal attack controllers, the release states.
House lawmakers unveiled a new reconciliation package July 15 with $60 billion for defense, $290 billion less than the Pentagon has been seeking, a day after a Senate vote to advance the annual defense policy bill failed—developments that show the perilous state of the Pentagon’s ambitious plans for fiscal 2027.