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John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer feel the swing and miss on Fufeng has actually, as Cramer says it, “put Grand Forks on the map.”

The drones will be used to assist in hypersonic missile testing over the oceans. U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said the SkyRange program has 16 corporate partners and seven armed services and defense agencies.

A select rundown of stories found on InForum.

The A-10 lives, it BRRTs, it lives again!

Hoeven and George Rumford, the director of DoD’s Test Resource Management Center who is working to develop the Sky Range Program, spoke for 30 minutes about the project of converting Range Hawks to test hypersonic missiles. The Global Hawk Block 20s were decommissioned Wednesday afternoon, and Hoeven and company are working on plans to decommission the Block 30s as well.

"We've got to recognize and begin to shift toward a future operating environment and the changing character of war, and we must shift the capabilities that are going to be relevant, survivable and effective against a tier one adversary sometime in the future. This is a modest decrease in the number of A-10s I think it is an acceptable risk and I support the Air Force's recommendation," Gen. Milley said.

The Middle East will continue to demand resources even as troops withdraw from Afghanistan.

Air Force once again asks Congress to let it mothball oldest RQ-4 Global Hawk drones May 7 Members of the 7th Reconnaissance Squadron prepare to launch an RQ-4 Global Hawk at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Oct. 24, 2018. (Staff Sgt. Ramon A. Adelan/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The Air Force will continue pushing for the retirement of its oldest Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawks, the service’s top officials said Friday, potentially setting up another fight with Congress about t...

Air Force once again asks Congress to let it mothball oldest RQ-4 Global Hawk drones 1 day ago Members of the 7th Reconnaissance Squadron prepare to launch an RQ-4 Global Hawk at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on Oct. 24, 2018. (Staff Sgt. Ramon A. Adelan/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The Air Force will continue pushing for the retirement of its oldest Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawks, the service’s top officials said Friday, potentially setting up another fight with Congress abou...

Japans first Global Hawk UAV makes maiden flight 19 April 2021 by Gabriel Dominguez The first of three RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30i (international) high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on order for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) conducted its maiden flight on 15 April from Palmdale, California. Manufacturer Northrop Grumman said the following day that the unarmed RQ-4B will “provide Japan with on-demand intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance inf...