An Air Force F-16 dropped 500-pound joint direct attack munitions onto enemy buildings in the vicinity of Baghdad May 1, Air Forces Central officials said in its daily summary of coalition air sorties. The mission was declared a success by a joint terminal attack controller.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.
