A Royal Netherlands Air Force KDC-10 tanker flew its first mission as part of Operation Inherent Resolve on Feb. 1, refueling multiple aircraft over a five and a half hour period. The tanker completely emptied its fuel during a mission from a base in Kuwait, refueling aircraft from Australia, Canada, Germany, and the US, according to a press release. About 30 Dutch airmen and the tanker had deployed from their home base in Eindhoven just days before the misison. The aircraft previously deployed to operations in Afghanistan in 2004 and was part of Operation Unified Protector in Libya in 2011.
The new Cyber Force Generation plan for the U.S. military announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a brief email last week seeks to give U.S. Cyber Command more authority over the employment, training and equipping of U.S. troops preparing for and waging cyber war. Former Air Force officers and national security…


