Two instructor pilots flying a T-1 Jayhawk from Laughlin AFB, Tex., landed short of the runway at Preston-Smith International Airport in Lubbock about 10 p.m. May 21, reports Southwest Texas LIVE. The pilots, who were unharmed, had been on a routine training flight in the area. The Air Force will investigate the accident.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
