Air Force suspends light-attack experiment

By Rachel Cohen / June 28, 2018 at 3:35 PM
The Air Force's light-attack experiment is suspended until further notice as service officials determine whether they gleaned enough data from flight tests to end the effort early, following a fatal A-29 crash last week at White Sands Missile Range, NM. Air Force Materiel Command, the acquisition community and the Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office are deciding whether the project has provided enough information already or if flights should resume, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mike Holmes said at a...

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