The 8th Fighter Squadron at Holloman AFB, N.M., has taken delivery of the first of its 20 planned F-22 fighters. This aircraft, the unit’s new flagship, arrived Dec. 21. It was formerly assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley...
The Air Force has concluded the development test and evaluation phase of the C-130 avionics modernization program, but the program’s future still appears to be cloudy. According to a release from the 412th Test Support Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif.,...
The Air Force intends to shell out many more millions over the next six years to improve the roads that it uses in northcentral Montana to move airmen and Minuteman III missiles around the widespread ICBM fields of Malmstrom Air...
Groundbreaking took place Dec. 11 at McChord AFB, Wash., for the new 23,500-square-foot building that will house the Washington Air National Guard’s 262nd Network Warfare Squadron that supports USAF’s 688th Information Operations Wing at Lackland AFB, Tex. “This is more...
Lockheed Martin says it recently completed the second phase of work to integrate its Sniper targeting pod onto Air Force B-52H bombers. In the latest series of flight tests, Sniper demonstrated its ability to operate on the B-52, said the...
The Arnold Engineering Development Center at Arnold AFB, Tenn., has just launched a YouTube channel showcasing videos of its work in testing various Air Force propulsion systems, aircraft designs, air vehicles, and NASA rockets in wind tunnels and static firing...
A wounded airman was part of history on Thanksgiving Day, becoming the first patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., to undergo a procedure that allows his liver to produce insulin in place of his pancreas. SrA....
The Berlin Airlift Exhibit, after traveling to 29 different cities, now has a permanent home at Travis Air Museum on the grounds of Travis AFB. Calif. Col. Gail Halvorsen, fondly known as the “Candy Bomber” for dropping packets of candy...
Dec. 18-19, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 61 42 103 16,841 CAS/Armed Recon 40 109 149 34,135 Airlift 308 308 47,852 Air refueling 82 82 16,678 Total 642 115,506 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...
