The International Security Assistance Force reports that a US Air Force CV-22 Osprey crashed late last night in southern Afghanistan, killing three service members and one civilian employee and injuring numerous other service members. Cause of the crash is unknown, according to the ISAF release, which also noted that the tilt-rotor aircraft had crashed about seven miles west of Qalat City in Zabul Province. Air Force Special Operations Command’s CV-22 force made its combat debut in Southwest Asia last fall.
Two new electronic warfare squadrons are standing up at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., with the mission of helping combatant commanders and Air Force leaders understand and prosecute electromagnetic systems operations. Now detachments, the units are expected to become squadrons in the coming months but were activated now to speed…