Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz plans Friday to fly in the first new C-130J destined for the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess AFB, Tex., reports the Abilene Reporter News. A base spokesman told the newspaper that Dyess expects to receive 28 J model Hercules to replace its older Herks, receiving the last by 2013.
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.