MSgt. Brian Fahey, KC-10 flight engineer with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, flew his 400th combat sortie, a rare feat for an airman in his field, according to a release. Fahey, who is deployed to an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia from JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., hit the mark on June 14, states the July 9 release. This is “a significant achievement,” said Lt. Col. Mona Alexander, 908th EARS commander. Fahey is one of two airmen in his squadron to reach this milestone; he is the fourth flight engineer and the eighth member in the entire active KC-10 community to have amassed this many combat sorties, states the release. He has flown 255 combat sorties on the KC-10 and 145 combat sorties on the Air Force’s now-retired MH-53 helicopter, according to the release. After 13 years of flying, Fahey has accumulated “more than 2,000 hours of combat time in the KC-10 and a total of over 4,200 hours flying in the MH-53 and KC-10,” said Alexander. (380th AEW report by SSgt. Joshua Garcia)
Anduril and General Atomics will develop their Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the Air Force, beating out Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, the service announced on April 24. But any of the non-selected companies can compete to actually manufacture the eventual design, the Air Force said.