The 50th Space Wing at then-Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., accepted control authority for ORS-1, which went into orbit June 29 and is designed to provide ISR support for troops in Southwest Asia.
The U.S. has deployed key new electronic warfare aircraft overseas that would be critical for a large-scale operation against Iran as President Donald Trump publicly weighs resuming a full-scale air campaign. Two EA-37A Compass Call electronic attack aircraft deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., to RAF Fairford, U.K.