While Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he is confident that the Air Force is “now moving in the right direction” in revitalizing its nuclear weapons stewardship, he warned that the long-term prognosis for the nation’s nuclear deterrent is “bleak,”...
Residents of Jacksonville, Ark., about 31,000 strong, tomorrow will present the Air Force with a whopping $5 million check towards the purchase of a new $14.8 million joint education center for nearby Little Rock Air Force Base and the local...
Members of the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron and 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, both from Beale AFB, Calif., completed a combat rotation of an undisclosed number of U-2 reconnaissance aircraft Oct. 17. U-2s that had been operating from Southwest Asia landed at...
About 450 members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons in Anchorage and the Coast Guard’s District 14 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and their helicopters are taking part in this week’s SAREX humanitarian search and rescue exercise...
The 46th Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, Fla., recently completed the first flight test of an AC-130 gunship fitted with a new data link processor and software that gives the gunship’s crew unprecedented real-time access to secure battlespace data, voice,...
Airmen with the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, S.C., have begun shipping M1117 armored security vehicles to Southwest Asia for the Army. A C-17 carried the first load of them on a flight to the combat theater Oct. 24....
Beginning today, the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph AFB, Tex., is taking on a new mission to improve the accountability of medical records and aid in the timely processing of veterans’ disability claims. Starting with Randolph as a test...
The Air Force Research Lab has created a team of scientists tasked with creating and then demonstrating a bird-sized, wing-flapping unmanned aerial vehicle by 2015 and a smaller, insect-sized UAV by 2020. The Dayton Daily News reported yesterday that AFRL’s...
DARPA wants to explore the feasibility of developing a single platform that is capable of flying through the air like a traditional aircraft and then submerging below the water to clandestinely insert small teams of special operators along coastlines. According...
Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaOct. 26-27, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 60 30 90 10,956 CAS/Armed Recon 92 131 223 30,885 Airlift 280 280 39,009 Air refueling 102 102 15,220 Total 695 96,070...
