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.
U.S. Northern Command and multiple research organizations just wrapped up a joint, three-year experiment to test new radar technology that could enable the Northern Warning System to detect incoming threats at longer ranges across Alaska and northern Canada.