The U.S. Air Force is planning to retrain some of its weapons systems officers (WSO) from the bomber track as pilots for B-21 stealth bomber.
USAF to retrain WSOs as B-21 pilots
RoKAF will not assign new South Korea nickname for its RQ-4
Bucking the trend, the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) will not be assigning a local nickname for the RQ-4.
Photo: U.S. State Department
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Indonesia rejects U.S. requests for ground support of P-8A
The U.S. government made requests in July and August this year to Indonesia for its P-8A to land and refuel in the South East Asian country but those requests were rejected.
Darren Koch (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2), via Wikimedia Commons
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KC-46 refuels Kadena F-15s for the first time during Rumrunner 3.0
Exercise WestPac Rumrunner 3.0 took place on Oct. 16 and the KC-46 carried out air refueling operations with Kadena F-15s for the first time.
USN Super Hornet crashes in Kern County
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E flying out of NAS Lemoore has crashed in Kern County on Oct. 20. The pilot ejected safely.