The Air Force announced Friday that it will bed down 59 F-35s at Eglin AFB, Fla., and allow associated construction to establish the Joint Strike Fighter Initial Joint Training Site there per BRAC 2005 guidance. This allows USAF to move...
The Space and Missile Systems Center announced Feb. 6 that the two contractors vying for the GPS Next Generation Control Segment, dubbed OCX, had both successfully completed the required system design reviews and modernized capability engineering model demonstrations. Both Northrop...
Before the rush starts, be advised that the retired pilots, navigators, or air battle managers the Air Force wants to return to service must be younger than 60 years of age and lieutenant colonels or below. The service has decided...
The Air Force’s fleet of RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft have flown more than 7,000 combat missions supporting US Central Command in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Horn of Africa. The milestone flight came on Feb. 6 with a mission over...
Airmen at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., successfully aided the first launch of the year from the West Coast with the Feb. 6 early morning launch of the NOAA-N Prime polar-orbiting weather satellite, a joint effort of NASA and the National Oceanic...
An Air Force Reserve Command KC-135 aircrew out of McConnell AFB, Kan., flew four back-to-back trips from Bagram AB, Afghanistan, to Ramstein AB, Germany, not delivering fuel to aircraft in flight but transporting wounded to help out during heightened operations....
During a Feb. 2 ceremony at Barksdale AFB, La., Walter Holmes, a B-24 pilot with the 44th Bombardment Group during World War II, received a Distinguished Service Cross for his participation in low-level bombing raids on the Ploesti oil refinery....
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 5 opted to OK the nominations of William Lynn for the No. 2 defense post, Michele Flournoy for defense policy, Robert Hale for comptroller, and Jeh Charles Johnson for general counsel, according to...
The Justice Department announced last week that it had reached a settlement with the City of Iola, Kan., over the alleged employment rights violation against Air National Guardsman Randall Slocum. Justice had filed a lawsuit in December 2008 on behalf...
Air Forces Central announced Sunday that a USAF MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle had crashed in southern Afghanistan about 11:35 a.m. local time. The release from Bagram AB, Afghanistan offered no further information on the incident. It said the Air...
Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaFeb. 5, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 26 15 41 1,391 CAS/Armed Recon 41 74 115 3,561 Airlift 145 145 4,608 Air refueling 52 52 1,658 Total 353 11,218...
