The Air Force leadership on Thursday identified the two Air National Guard installations it favors for basing the remaining 14 of USAF’s 38 planned C-27J Spartan transports. They are: Boise Air Terminal ANGS, Idaho, and Great Falls International Airport, Mont. Service officials will now conduct site surveys at those locations and initiate the environmental impact studies required by US law before the decision may be finalized. Along with those operational sites, USAF also announced Thursday that Key Field ANGB, Miss., and Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, Ohio, are the two candidate bases for C-27J training. Both Key Field and Manfield are already slated to receive four combat-ready C-27s each as part of the initial beddown of the first 24 C-27s. The Air Force is preparing to conduct operational testing of the C-27 later this year before it starts operating the airlifters in combat.
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
