Air Combat Command declares the SR-71 operationally capable, although still in mothball status (see Jan. 1, 1997).
The Pentagon's research labs are ramping up their search for munitions that can be mass-produced—an effort likely to be buoyed by billions of dollars in the department's new fiscal 2027 budget request and tens of billions in the upcoming years. While the topline information shared about the President’s defense budget…
