The Pentagon late on April 4 identified SSgt. Travis L. Griffin, 28, of Dover, Del., as the US Air Force airman killed around noon Baghdad time April 3 when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Griffin had deployed to...

Boeing tanker vice president Mark McGraw said April 3 his company is “very pleased” that the Government Accountability Office has dismissed separate motions filed by the Air Force and Northrop Grumman to have some elements of Boeing’s protest of the...

Boeing and Air Force acquisition chief Sue Payton have a big disagreement—even though they see eye-to-eye on some language. Payton told a House Armed Services Committee hearing April 1 that, in the KC-X tanker contest, it was made “very clear...

Adieu Space Radar: The Defense Department and Intelligence Community have formally canceled the current Space Radar program. The cancellation is effective as of March 25, a spokeswoman for the National Reconnaissance Office told the Daily Report April 3. According to...

The 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D., has regained its certification to handle nuclear weapons after being stripped of it last year in the wake of a major breech of oversight that led to the transfer of nuclear warheads...

The Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM April 2 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., as part of the regular series of quarterly flights to validate the weapon system’s reliability and accuracy. The missile’s re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 4,200 miles...

More study is necessary to identify how to exploit the cost and performance advantages of the C-27 small-sized transport, Gen. Arthur Lichte, commander of Air Mobility Command, told the House Armed Services Committee April 1 in written testimony. Here’s why:...

An Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded “GameChanger” project is exploring new types of antennas for micro air vehicles. Due to the diminutive size of MAVs, traditional antenna approaches are not possible. “We are therefore seeking revolutionary new materials that...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaApril 1, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 27 7 34 2,456 CAS/Armed Recon 67 39 106 7,442 Airlift 177 177 11,106 Air refueling 48 48 3,439 Total 365 24,443...