Daily Report

Jan. 15, 2009

Not Going Anywhere, Yet

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, who has led the Air Force since last June when he became acting Secretary (shedding the “acting” label in October), has made no formal announcement on how long he will be staying on under the...

A Change in Plans

Lingering concerns over wing cracks on some A-10s have caused the Air Force to modify its plans to send an A-10 unit to South Korea in March on a rotational deployment to relieve Army Apache attack helicopters there. Instead, the...

Gration Tapped to Lead NASA

Updated: Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Jonathan Gration has been picked to head NASA under the new Administration, Foxnews.com reported yesterday. He will replace Michael Griffin, who has led the civilian space agency since April 2005 (see below). Gration retired...

A Walk of Heroes

Basic military trainees at Lackland AFB, Tex., now can see and walk across a new memorial dedicated to the enlisted airmen who have received the Medal of Honor, Air Force Cross, and Silver Star. With the first trainees to complete...

Virtual Lobbying

Local community leaders in San Angelo, Tex., who comprise the Goodfellow Air Force Base Coordinating Group that saved the base from BRAC 2005 cuts are expected to reconvene today to plot their strategy for attracting the Air Force’s cyber training...

Preparing for the Inevitable

Teams at the Air Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nev., are developing the means to oppose enemy unmanned aerial vehicles in the battlespace, says Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, commander of 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern. “When, in the...

The Next Time You’re in Dayton

You might want to check out the new permanent “Warrior Airmen” exhibit that opened Jan. 12 at the National Museum of the US Air Force. The three-part exhibit (Battlefield Airmen, Expeditionary Combat Airmen, and In the Air) highlights the contributions...

More Emphasis Needed on Aeronautics

NASA’s funding for aeronautics research has been in significant decline since the 1990s, a trend that NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, said he’d like to see reversed since the agency still has a lot of expertise in this area. “This doesn’t...

New Homes Ready at Holloman

The first new housing units at Holloman AFB, N.M., were officially opened Jan. 8 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at which the project developers handed over the keys to the first new home to an Air Force family. Developer Actus Lend...

Air Sorties from SWA

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaJan. 12, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 35 5 40 450 CAS/Armed Recon 46 61 107 1,225 Airlift 130 130 1,502 Air refueling 48 48 571 Total 325 3,748...