A KC-46A tanker from McConnell AFB completed a record round-the-globe sortie in 45 hours, a mission that saw multiple aerial refuelings — and a birthday.
Col. Mark “Tyson” Sletten, Alaskan Command's operations director, is one of two men missing after a small plane crashed in an Alaska lake, officials said.
The Air Force's E-4B, which the president would use to direct forces during nuclear war, is nearing the end of its life and will be replaced by the SAOC.