Houston’s Ellington Field lost the Air National Guard’s 15 F-16Cs—the assigned complement of aircraft for the 147th Fighter Wing—to the 2005 BRAC round. In the aftermath of the twin hurricanes, however, the airfield has a fighting chance of surviving. Lt....

US Air Force pilots stationed in South Korea have sent letters to the Pentagon to protest the lack of aerial training ranges in South Korea, according to the Korea Times. US Forces Korea in August shut down the Koon-Ni Range,...

The Office of Director of National Intelligence dropped a live one when it released—in English and Arabic—an intercepted high-level communication between two of the most wanted men on the planet: Osama Bin Laden’s deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri and Jordanian terror mastermind...

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has a soft spot for US Special Operations Command, so much so that he continues to push the command to take a larger role in the Global War on Terror. According to a Tampa Tribune, during...

F/A-22 pilots deployed from Langley AFB, Va., to Utah (DR, 10/17/05) expressed their enthusiasm for the new stealthy fighter to a reporter from the Hampton Roads (Va.) Daily Press, saying they want to dominate every fight. “If I can blow...

Leaving his post this month to assume leadership of The Citadel, the South Carolina military academy and his alma mater, Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. John Rosa told reporters that leading the school has been the most challenging and...

Airmen of US Central Command Air Forces are continuing airlift efforts for Pakistan earthquake relief efforts. On Sunday and Monday, four C-17s airlifted more than 192,000 pounds of supplies and equipment. As of Oct. 17, USAF officials said C-17s have...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told Russian state television that US military bases in Central Asia should close up shop once the security situation in Afghanistan eases. Beyond that, says Lavrov, a US presence in the traditional Russian sphere...

US Pacific Air Forces is set to resume Operation Deep Freeze, the Air Force’s resupply mission for the National Science Foundation and US Antarctica operations at McMurdo Station. Aircrews from the New York ANG’s 109th Airlift Wing are on their...

A report released recently by the Seattle-based National Bureau of Asian Research calls on the US to maintain its capability levels across Asia in the face of broad overseas cutbacks. The report is the work of 14 defense and security...

The Air Force has once again topped the list of the largest US “green” power purchasers, in the Environmental Protection Agency’s quarterly update of the top 25 “Green Power Partners.” The federal government is the largest consumer of “green” energy—generated...

Military bases across the country have to deal with invasions—of everything from snakes to wild boars, according to a new report issued by the National Wildlife Federation. The Pentagon and the federation collaborated on the study to see how to...

An F-15E launched a hypersonic missile demonstrator, dubbed HyFly, which cleanly separated, then successfully ignited its solid rocket booster, reaching a speed greater than Mach 3, as part of a hypersonics test program run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects...

Air Force engineers at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, are working on a new transparent armor—made stronger and lighter than traditional armor—that may be able to stop armor-piercing weapons from penetrating windows. The Air Force Research Lab’s materials and manufacturing directorate, in...

The Pentagon recently named the Air Force as the best performing agency in the Pentagon’s small business program. Two Air Force civilians also received accolades for their stellar business practices: Elizabeth A. Bryant, formerly assigned to the 460th Space Wing,...

The Air Force has announced the five teams winning the 2005 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Awards. They were chosen from a field of 15 teams, all of which, said Air Force officials, promoted systematic process improvements, leading in many...

Disparate Pentagon business services will come under a centralized management system by the end of November. According to Government Executive magazine, acting Deputy Secretary Gordon England sent a memo to the services and defense agencies recently outlining the new one-stop...

October 17, 2005 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 11 5 – 16 CAS/Armed Recon 46 21 – 67 Airlift – – 130 130 Air refueling – – 41 41 Total 57 26 171 254 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation...