The 317th Airlift Group at Dyess AFB, Tex., took delivery of its 13th new-build C-130J transport. Brig. Gen. Michael Kim, mobilization assistant to Air Mobility Command’s director of operations at Scott AFB, Ill., delivered the new Super Hercules to the central Texas base on Dec. 15. Dyess is slated to receive 28 C-130Js overall to replace its legacy C-130s. The first airframe arrived in April 2010; the full complement is expected to be in place in 2013. (Dyess photo caption by A1C Jonathan Stefanko)
Pentagon Task Force, FAA to Test Counter-Drone Laser
March 7, 2026
The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force announced it would conduct a high-energy laser test with the Federal Aviation Administration less than a month after the use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border prompted the FAA to shut down the airspace over El Paso, Texas.