The C-27J Spartan flies first combat mission on deployment to Afghanistan. Several C-27Js from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 179th Airlift Wing at Mansfield are being operated by ANG and Army aircrews to support ground operations.
The Air Force is racing to create a “Point Defense” force of Airmen, specially trained and equipped to protect air bases from unmanned attack more effectively than ever before. But in a new report, an expert says even more is needed to defeat the large-scale enemy drone attacks already wreaking…