After meeting with Russian officials over the weekend, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the country would be open to Russian aircraft using Incirlik Air Base to launch strikes against ISIS—a move the USAF would not support. Yildirim on Saturday said that Russia did not request to use the base during the meeting, though Turkey would be open to the idea, the Turkish news agency Anadolu reported. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, speaking to the Kurdish news agency Rudaw, said she “would not be OK” with Russia sharing the base with US airmen and aircraft. “Of course people can talk about different things. That’s different from actually coming to an agreement and making such a deal,” she said.
General Atomics, the maker of one of the Air Force’s first Collaborative Combat Aircraft, has ambitious plans for its family of semi-autonomous drones beyond the FQ-42, including a flying-wing aircraft capable of carrying out both reconnaissance and strike missions. Meanwhile, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced a new program to…