Is the Air Force planning to extend the average air expeditionary force rotation for airmen? If an account by Guy Raz with National Public Radio, is correct, service officials are “quietly considering” such a move. The current AEF tour is...

On the other hand, there are those that believe the current Air Force rotation process works very smoothly. (See above.) Maj. Gen. Maury Forsyth, the No. 2 airman at the Combined Air and Space Operations Center in Southwest Asia, says,...

The Air National Guard finished the Fiscal 2007 recruiting year at the bottom of the totem pole, reaching 93 percent of its annual goal—two percentage points lower than the Army National Guard. However, Air Guard officials have not been overly...

US Air Force efforts to help Afghan officials create an air force are hampered by equipment that is old and few in number, scarce spare parts, and a delayed international assistance effort, reports Jason Straziuso of Associated Press. The Afghan...

Air Force Special Operation Command has deactivated the 21st Special Operations Squadron, an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter unit at RAF Mildenhall, UK, reports Bryan Mitchell of Stars and Stripes. The 21st SOS was part of the 352nd Special Operations Group...

The launch of the final Defense Support Program early warning satellite currently is on tap for November, reports Amn. David Dobrydney. It was slated for late August. Boosting the DSP into orbit will be a United Launch Alliance Delta IV...

Fixing the veterans disability system may be costly, but a special commission believes it is vital and long overdue. The Congressionally directed Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission recently released its final report, the result of nearly three years work that included...

Air Force Reserve Command’s 440th Airlift Wing, which relocated from Wisconsin to Pope AFB, N.C., has picked up where it left off, flying Integrated Continental US Medical Operations Plan missions. The wing, which is the only AFRC unit flying ICOMP...

Instructor pilots at Sheppard AFB, Tex., recently took four T-37 Tweet training aircraft for a final four-ship formation flight to mark the end of the Tweet era at Sheppard. SSgt. Tonnette Thompson reports that the Texas base begins its transition...

Retired Maj. Nolan Herndon, a Doolittle Raider from South Carolina, died on Oct. 7 of pneumonia. He was 88. The State reports that Herndon was the navigator on the No. 8 B-25 Mitchell bomber, one of 16 bombers that launched...

Altus AFB, Okla. just graduated its last Basic Boom Operator class, reports SrA. Aldric Borders. Altus has graduated 105 classes, comprising 1,288 students. Air Education and Training Command is moving the course to the Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence...

Oct. 9, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 21 7 28 CAS/Armed Recon 65 21 86 Airlift 142 142 Air refueling 52 52 Total 86 28 194 308 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...