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.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
