JULY 9, 2026 - Eglin Air Force Base’s own 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron once again deployed to Kadena Air Base, June 29, bringing the Air Force’s newest fighter, the F-15EX Eagle II. Building on last year’s Resolute Force Pacific deployment, this gave the 18th Wing Airmen another chance to train with and plan for the aircraft that will eventually replace its F-15 … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Creates Robotics Integration Group
JULY 9, 2026 — The Marine Corps has established the Marine Corps Robotics Integration Group as its service-level organization responsible for integrating, standardizing, and institutionalizing training for Group 1 and Group 2 small unmanned aircraft systems and counter-small unmanned aircraft systems across the Total Force, as announced in MARADMIN 307/26. Assigned under … [Read more...]
Task Force Publishes Counter-Drone Handbook
JULY 9, 2026 - Joint Interagency Task Force 401 recently published a practical handbook designed to aid audiences across government, industry and academia in building a shared understanding of the drone threat and the basic principles of protecting against illicit drones. The task force developed the guide, titled "Small Drones, Big Problems: A First Principles Approach to … [Read more...]
Alaska Guard Performs Four Rescues
JULY 9, 2026 – Soldiers and Airmen of the Alaska National Guard executed four missions to save four people during the July 4 holiday weekend. Maj. Kody Schmidt, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, or AKRCC, senior controller, said the first mission opened following a request from the Alaska State Troopers, or AST, for a hoist-capable helicopter to rescue a critically ill … [Read more...]
How to Outthink a Thinking Adversary
JULY 9, 2026 — In the years following World War II, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz wrote on pre-war wargaming, stating, “The enemy of our games was always [Imperial] Japan, and the courses were so thorough that after the start of World War II, nothing that happened in the Pacific was strange or unexpected.” As a former student of the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) during the … [Read more...]