An F-22 stealth fighter crashed about 10 a.m. Wednesday near Edwards AFB, Calif., where the aircraft was assigned for test purposes. The Air Force said it did not know the condition of the pilot when it released the news Wednesday afternoon around 3 p.m. (EDT). The aircraft went down about 35 miles northeast of the base.
A new White House policy calls for the Pentagon to craft plans for additional space launch facilities to support a projected increase in launch demand that could see the U.S. supporting as many as 1,000 launches by 2030, more than a fivefold increase from 2025.