Stitching Together Middle East Sensors.

• Position: IN BRIEF

* Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, combined forces air component commander for Central Command, stated to reporters that a U.S. proposal to form a Middle East air force coalition received a "cool reception" among the region's partners and allies.

"What did not face a cool reception is the idea that we could partner together in the region in order to gain better awareness of threats from the air or from the atmosphere," he said.

Drone and ballistic missile threats worry regional allies, and...