Daily Report

The first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite has arrived at its designated on-orbit station, Air Force space officials announced Tuesday. This means the spacecraft is ready for its final phase of on-orbit checkout and testing before it is cleared...

Former Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, who died Monday at age 86 in an airplane crash about 285 miles southwest of Anchorage, was considered a great friend of the Air Force during his long tenure in the Senate, according to...

Officials at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, have launched the Air Force’s new cyber professional continuing education program at the Air Force Institute of Technology. The school’s Center for Cyberspace Research is offering two courses: Cyber 200 and Cyber 300. Six hundred...

The first advanced extremely high frequency satellite is set to launch on Saturday from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., according to officials with the 45th Space Wing there. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will carry AEHF-1, a military communications...

The Force Generation Center, a one-stop shop for Air Force Reserve calls-ups, will begins operations in October and is projected to be fully operational by 2012. The new organization, which will be based at Robins AFB, Ga., will serve as...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he favors having an independent panel scrutinize US strategic objectives prior to the Quadrennial Defense Review, not after it. “I think the outside review of the QDR, if you will, actually would be better before...

The airmen and soldiers of the National Guard will play a significant role in overseas operations for a “very, very long time,” says Gen. Craig McKinley, National Guard Bureau chief. McKinley, who recently returned from a trip to Iraq and...

The Obama Administration intends to sell 84 advanced F-15 fighters to Saudi Arabia under a proposed $30 billion arms package, according to press reports. Saudi Arabia already operates a fleet of F-15s. These new aircraft would be a more capable...

MSgt. Rigoberto Chacon, superintendent of the 65th Civil Engineer Squadron Programs Flight at Lajes Field, Azores, has received a Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service during a deployment to Afghanistan. Chacon led survey teams to 40 forward operating bases and...

Turkish Aerospace Industries, a member of the F-35 strike fighter’s global industry team, has delivered a prototype air inlet duct to US partner Northrop Grumman, the latter announced Tuesday. Officials from both companies said this is a significant accomplishment. They...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, August 1, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 26 67 93 14,784 CAS/Armed Recon 20 91 111 20,301 Airlift 208 208 36,959 Air refueling 52 52 9,805 Rescue 12 12 4,461 Total...