A Boeing official on Sept. 4 reiterated what the Airborne Laser program director, Air Force Col. John Daniels, explained in June: If Congress proceeds with proposed cuts to the ABL program, they will delay it by two years. The Associated Press news service reports that Boeing Vice President Greg Hyslop confirmed that dire prediction and pointed to the program’s recent successes.
The 301st Fighter Wing in Fort Worth, Texas, became the first standalone Reserve unit in the Air Force to get its own F-35s, welcoming the first fighter Nov. 5.