The Air Force is erecting a new kennel facility for military working dogs at Creech AFB, Nev. Once completed, the 4,300 sq. ft. facility will house 14 dogs, making it the second largest of its kind in the Air Force and allowing Creech’s 99th Security Forces Ground Combat Training Squadron to train 150 to 175 working dogs and handlers for deployment each year, according to a USAF release April 4. (Lackland AFB, Tex., the home of DOD’s center for training military working dogs, has a History of the Military Working Dog)
A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 suffered an engine failure flying over Africa in May 2023, forcing the drone’s pilot to down it in the ocean where it was not recovered, according to a new Air Force report. The cost of the mishap was more than $21 million.