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.
After years of describing to lawmakers and Pentagon leaders the nature of that threat and the key role spacepower plays in deterring conflict in the domain and enabling the rest of the joint force, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told reporters during AFA’s Warfare Symposium here that the message appears to…