Since JEFX is a bi-annual event, the planning for the 2008 installment is already under way, according to Lt. Col. J.J. King, the deputy director of the Air Force Experimentation Office—the steward of the experiment. King told reporters at the Pentagon Wednesday that the next experimentation cycle will key on building “collaborative connectivity” among forces, with special attention focused on space and global strike missions.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flew from Europe across the Middle East to the Persian Gulf on July 25 in a 32-hour flight, as conflicts continued to roil the area with U.S. troops coming under attack in Iraq and Syria on July 25 and July 26, U.S. officials told…