Boeing in late March field suit against Alcoa over defective titanium structural supports that the latter provided from 2000 to 2005 for the aft section of the F-22, the Seattle Times reported April 11. Boeing builds the F-22’s wings and...
Barksdale AFB, La., could lose up to 10 of its B-52H bombers to Minot AFB, N.D., under the changes the Air Force is making to its B-52 force. KSLA TV News 12 of Shreveport, La., reported April 10 that both...
Three Air National Guard units took on the Air Force’s high-altitude unmanned intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance mission April 1 at Beale AFB, Calif. During a ceremony, the California ANG established the 222nd Operational Support Squadron and 222nd Communications Maintenance Flight...
The first Air Force high deck patient loading platform was designated operational April 9 at Bagram AB, Afghanistan. The new platform was used that day to transfer five patients to a KC-135 tanker for a flight to Ramstein AB, Germany....
SSgt. Stacy Pearsall, a photojournalist from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron at Charleston AFB, S.C., has been named Military Photographer of the Year for 2007. She was chosen from a field of more than 1,700 entries submitted by her peers...
While it may have thrilled the crowd, it turns out that one of the four Vermont Air National Guard F-16 pilots from the 158th Fighter Wing who participated in the opening day flyover for the Boston Red Sox April 8...
The Air Force Recruiting Service has joined forces with Air Force Special Operations Command to attract young persons to fill slots for critically needed special tactics airmen, particularly combat controllers and pararescuemen. Under a recent agreement between AFRS, headquartered at...
Starting today (April 14), a special US Postal Service pictorial cancellation postmark goes into circulation at the post office in Marietta, Ga., to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Air Force Reserve. The post office is offering a mail-back service...
Two Air Force engineers assigned to the US military’s provincial reconstruction team in Panjshir, Afghanistan, had the opportunity April 1 to participate in a ceremony to lay the first stones of the foundation for a new building project. Capt. Jason...
The American Air Museum in Duxford, England, and Boeing sponsored a flyover of the Air Force Memorial April 10 in Arlington, Va., with three World War II aircraft to honor the 30,000 American airmen who gave their lives flying from...
Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaApril 10, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 24 7 31 2,690 CAS/Armed Recon 72 41 113 8,154 Airlift 164 164 12,150 Air refueling 46 46 3,736 Total 354 26,730...
