An F-22 from the 3rd Wing at JB Elmendorf, Alaska, “lost contact with air traffic control at 7:40 p.m. Alaska time” (11:40 East Coast time) on Tuesday while on a routine training mission, officials from the base announced in a release. A search is underway, they said. Stay tuned for more updates.
The Air Force tanker fleet “did not meet” its availability and mission capable rate goals from fiscal 2019 to 2025, in large part because of parts shortages and delays fielding the KC-46 refueler, according to a Government Accountability Office report released June 10.