Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base is at the forefront of fighting one of the largest threats to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan—the improvised explosive device. The base has opened an Advanced Improvised Explosive Device Training Facility, which includes a mock airport, library, gas station, and bank. It is part of the school that trains USAF bomb squad members.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
