Daily Report

Fresh off the release of the Air Force’s nuclear roadmap, officials from Air Force Space Command and Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) are creating another roadmap—one to establish the cyberspace mission within a new numbered air force under AFSPC. “There...

In two fell swoops, Congress and the Pentagon have changed the course of two future satellite programs. The Associated Press reported Oct. 21 that Congressional intelligence appropriators have killed the broad area space-based imagery collection satellite system, or BASIC, by...

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley attended a ceremony at Tinker AFB, Okla., on Oct 23 to mark last month’s lease agreement to establish a new aerospace complex for the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center at an abandoned General Motors Plant....

The Air Force says it successfully launched a Delta II rocket carrying an Italian radar satellite into space Oct. 24 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. “People don’t always think about it, but this is rocket science, and our airmen and industry...

B-52H bombers arriving from Anderson AFB, Guam, and Barksdale AFB, La., joined forces in the skies over Alaska earlier this month to practice attacks on mock targets during the most recent Red Flag-Alaska exercise. RF-A 09-1 ran from Oct. 2-17,...

Four officers from the Japan Air Self Defense Force on Oct. 24 concluded five days of training and exchange with members of the 13th Air Force at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The visit took place under the auspices of Keen Edge,...

DOD IG Gives Mea Culpa: The Pentagon’s inspector general office has rescinded a March report citing possible compromise of classified information on the F-35 stealth fighter at BAE Systems facilities or through the company’s computer systems. “After report issuance, we...

More than 130 airmen from the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron at Holloman AFB, N.M., were recently assigned to US Northern Command’s first dedicated response force for dealing with chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive incidents anywhere in the US....

Pentagon planners gathered last month to revisit a Marine Corps concept that calls for transporting small groups of marines on a space-faring vehicle and delivering them to any point on the globe within several hours ready to fight. USA Today...

Oct. 24, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 28 15 43 10,838 CAS/Armed Recon 37 50 87 30,570 Airlift 130 130 38,599 Air refueling 54 54 15,076 Total 314 95,083 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...