HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By Mar 03, 2021 09:59 AM EST (Photo : U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers/wikipedia) Capt. Matt Bruckner, an F-15 Eagle pilot assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Wing, at Langley Air Force Base, Va., flies a combat air patrol mission 7 October 2007 over Washington, D.C., in support of Operation Noble Eagle. The aircraft is a McDonnell Douglas F-15C-35-MC Eagle (s/n 83-0026). The US Air Force builds its first airborne laser mounted on fighter aircraft. It will be used to take out air-to-air missiles and other threats faced by US assets. Air Force Assembles First Airborne Laser