USAF announces plans to create a Global Strike Task Force at Andersen AFB, Guam. The proposal would place KC-135R tankers and RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs at the base with a rotating force of fighter and bomber strike aircraft.
The crash of a T-38 trainer jet this May—which caused a weekslong pause in flights across the fleet—was caused by an improperly installed pin for one of the jet’s horizontal stabilizers, according to a new accident report released Oct. 30. When the pin disengaged midflight, it created the slightest amount…