Several US Air Force C-130Hs are ferrying Japanese personnel and equipment to assist with relief efforts after a series of earthquakes struck the Kyushu region of Japan, according to a press release. The 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota AB, Japan, sent the aircraft and crews to the Kyushu region April 18. They transported Japanese heavy vehicles and recovery personnel from Chitose AB, Hokkaido, to Kyushu. Speaking to reporters during a Monday briefing, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said US MV-22 Ospreys and a UC-35 are also being used to move Japanese Self Defense Force equipment and personnel. Davis said Ecuador did not request US assistance following a recent earthquake there, but noted all 13 DOD personnel in that country were unharmed.
A new Navy missile could fill a long-range air-to-air need for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation fighters. The Navy’s portfolio acquisition executive for munitions posted information on the AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile online on Aug. 22, the same day it unveiled the project at the service’s…