Funding for new center that will do flying vehicle research almost didn't happen
U.S. Airmen from the 79th Rescue Squadron and the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron work to load the LIFT aircraft eVTOL onto a C-130J Super...
U.S. Airmen from the 79th Rescue Squadron and the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron work to load the LIFT aircraft eVTOL onto a C-130J Super Hercules from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio, March 23, 2021. This marked the first time the LIFT electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or eVTOL, was transported using military aircraft. (Wesley Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force ) (Tribune News Service) — While ground was broken Tuesday in Springfield for a new center devoted to advancing new air mobility technologies, getting to that point took years of work by area advocates.