The Air Force and its industry partners successfully launch the first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite into space aboard a Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Boeing-built spacecraft features a more robust and higher power military signal-first included on GPS Block IIR-M satellites-and a new L5 civil signal for aviation safety of flight.
F-35As from the Vermont Air National Guard have deployed to Puerto Rico in recent days, continuing a major buildup of U.S. Air Force assets in Latin America aimed at combating drug trafficking and pressuring the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
