Among several points made last week by Robert Martinage with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment during a House hearing on special operations forces was the need to expand Air Force Special Operations Command’s combat aviation adviser (also known...
The Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve leadership late last month championed a new round of Total Force Integration efforts to bring the active duty and reserve components closer together for the good of the service. Air Force Secretary...
That’s a term we may be hearing of a lot more of as the Air Force embarks on a new phase of Total Force Integration efforts, says Air National Guard Director Lt. Gen. Harry Wyatt. Speaking at AFA’s Air Warfare...
The Air Force has activated the 87th Air Base Wing at McGuire AFB, N.J., in the drive toward the new Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, mandated by BRAC 2005. Taking the reins of the new wing, which absorbs the base support functions...
According to a Tribune-Star report, airmen of the Indiana Air National Guard’s 181st Intelligence Wing, formerly the 181st Fighter Wing, are well into their new mission, analyzing and disseminating near-real-time video feed from Predator unmanned aerial vehicles. The wing’s executive...
Officials at Barksdale AFB, La., have dedicated a new conference center in honor of retired Maj. Gen. William Eubank Jr. He was the officer who accepted the first B-52 bomber in 1955 on behalf of the Air Force and has...
Among the forces participating in the search for four missing boaters, including NFL players Victor Cooper and Corey Smith, off the coast of Tampa Bay, Fla., was Air Force Reserve Command’s 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla. The 920th...
According to the Accident Investigation Board reviewing the Aug. 1, 2008, crash of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle near Balad AB, Iraq, a short circuit caused electrical fluctuations to the UAV’s primary control module and other critical components, resulting...
Lt. Col. Sam Milam, commander of the 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and deployed from Moody AFB, Ga., amassed 3,000 combat flying hours during a Feb. 28, 2009, sortie out of Bagram AB, Afghanistan, according to a March 5 photo release;...
Mar. 4, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 21 18 39 2,482 CAS/Armed Recon 33 79 112 6,287 Airlift 142 142 8,223 Air refueling 48 48 2,912 Total 341 19,904 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...
