Pacific Air Forces has launched the second Red Flag-Alaska of the year at Eielson Air Force Base, where more than 1,400 military personnel from the US, Australia, and Singapore have arrived for the two-week exercise. The first one of the three planned for this year took place in April and the final one is slated for July.
The Air Force is placing Air Combat Command in charge of teaching combat tactics to fighter and remotely-piloted aircraft units, according to a May 12 announcement. Beginning this summer, the service will reassign the formal training units for the F-35, F-16, and MQ-9 from Air Education and Training Command to…