The Nuclear Weapons Center activates at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., to oversee nuclear weapon sustainment. The Air Force Materiel Command direct reporting unit was later redesignated the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center on Feb. 29, 2008.
A combined Navy and Air Force program is seeking to build a smaller version of a ubiquitous air-to-air missile that could give advanced aircraft, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, greater magazine depth in a high-end fight.