An A-10 from the 75th Fighter Squadron at Moody AFB, Ga., that was participating in a Green Flag exercise at Nellis AFB, Nev., March 25 had to make a wheels-up landing at Edwards AFB, Calif., after declaring an in flight emergency. The pilot was not harmed. (USAF report)
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.