We are Spartans
USAF, Army, and community and industry partners last week celebrated the opening at Robins AFB, Ga., of a $1.8 million training center that will serve, at least for now, as home to C-27J aircrew training in place of the previous...
Bomber Work May Resume in 2011
Defense Secretary Bob Gates halted work on the next-generation bomber in 2010, but he told US troops in Iraq last week that it’s likely the 2011 budget would include a new long-range strike capability for the Air Force. He said...
Staying Longer
Airmen at a townhall session with Defense Secretary Bob Gates at FOB Warrior in Iraq learned first-hand that the US Air Force could remain in Iraq after the main US troop pullout. Asked about USAF assistance to the Iraqi Air...
Slimming Down
Officials with the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB, Va., are preparing to release two of the wing’s four groups on Jan.7 to the soon-to-be-established 633rd Air Base Wing that will oversee operations of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, the new installation...
Waverider Hitchhikes on B-52
In a captive-carry test Dec. 9, a B-52 carried aloft the X-51 Waverider hypersonic test vehicle over Edwards AFB, Calif., paving the way for the X-51’s flight test in early 2010. At that time, researchers expect the Waverider to light...
Base Builders
Airmen deployed from the 615th Contingency Response Wing at Travis AFB, Calif., recently worked side-by-side with their Afghan and Italian coalition partners to restore an ex-Soviet airfield in Shindand, Afghanistan. It is now being used to support coalition operations and...
Airman Gets Bronze Star with Valor
SSgt. Charles Holley, an airman with the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Whiteman AFB, Mo., received a Bronze Star with Valor medal on Nov. 25, for his actions during a convoy mission in Tiqurit, Iraq, in 2008. Holley was manning...
USO Honors USAF MOH Recipients
The USO presented its Distinguished Service Award to the five living Air Force Medal of Honor recipients Dec. 9 during the Metropolitan New York USO’s 48th Annual Armed Forces Gala and Gold Medal Dinner in New York City. On hand...
Air Sorties in SWA, 120909
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Dec. 9, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 29 10 39 16,290 CAS/Armed Recon 26 15 41 33,259 Airlift 116 116 46,525 Air refueling 38 38 16,289 Total 234 112,363 OIF=Operation Iraqi...