USAF activates the 461st Air Control Wing at Robins AFB, Ga., changing the nine-year- old 116th ACW “blended” wing operation with the Air National Guard to an active associate arrangement between the two wings. ANG takes sole control of the 116th and ownership of the E-8C JSTARS aircraft, which the 461st helps operate and maintain.
RTX’s Raytheon unit was able to “significantly” extend the range of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile using mostly software changes in experimental tests last year, expanding the reach and lethality of the standard U.S. dogfighting weapon, company officials said Sept. 15.
