The U.S. has dispatched a small team of military officers to Nigeria, the general in charge of U.S. Africa Command told reporters in a briefing Tuesday.

The Pentagon eventually wants to field swarms of low-cost, one-way attack drones that cost just a few thousand dollars apiece.

The Air Force’s secretary and chief of staff have made improving readiness a top priority and emphasize it is “commanders’ business,” Lt. Gen. Pleus said.

U.S. Space Forces Northern is tasked with progressing space capabilities that empower “lethality” for homeland defense, the service said.

Unit insignia of U.S. Navy Air and Test Evaluation Squadron 9, based out of China Lake, California, was recently spotted on an F-35A Lightning II variant.

If the Air Force doesn’t improve communications with bombers during critical operations, Lt. Gen. Armagost said, “that is a foul on all of us.”