A-10s dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on an enemy building in Zormat, Afghanistan, May 26, Air Forces Central announced May 27. A joint terminal attack controller declared the attacks a success. Overall coalition aircraft flew 49 close air supports missions that day in Afghanistan and 54 in Iraq.
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.