Daily Report

The KC-X tanker program may be more compromised than Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz indicated last week, and Boeing may be considering a protest or other action. Schwartz said there were no pricing data in an internal spreadsheet of...

The Air Force announced Wednesday that it has recovered the remains of Capt. Jeff Haney, the F-22 pilot assigned to the 3rd Wing at JB Elmendorf, Alaska, who died Nov. 16 when his aircraft crashed about 100 miles north of...

The Air Force intends to station a detachment of 10 T-38 trainer aircraft at Tyndall AFB, Fla., announced Florida Sen. George LeMieux (R). The T-38s will serve there in a “dedicated adversary” role in support of Tyndall’s F-22s, he said....

Northrop Grumman has delivered the first production Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program sensor to Edwards AFB, Calif., for integration on AF-18, the Air Force’s first Global Hawk Block 40 remotely piloted aircraft. The first flight of the mated pair is...

Boeing spokesman Dan Beck, giving an account of how his company handled the recent inadvertent disclosure of a KC-X efficiency analysis meant only for Air Force eyes, said team members “train for these situations.” When the filename “K30B” popped up...

The 2nd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo., expects to release the next software upgrade for the Global Positioning System ground system early this month and complete this refresh by early January. "We've done a thorough test of this routine upgrade and it passed without any anomalies," said Col. Harold Martin, positioning, navigation, and timing division chief in Air Force Space Command's requirements directorate. He added, "The upgrade doesn’t change the navigation message and should be transparent to GPS users." This work builds upon previous upgrades instituted in January and March as part of the Air Force's larger ongoing effort to improve and maintain the current GPS ground control segment until it fields the next-generation advanced control segment, dubbed OCX, in 2015. (Peterson release)

An independent review board has concluded that “higher-than-predicted yaw, which coupled into roll” is the most likely reason why the inaugural flight of DARPA’s hypersonic technology vehicle (HTV-2) was cut short back in April. The roll rate eventually reached a...

Tactical Air Control Party airmen will soon have new equipment that will make it easier for them to guide close air support strikes quickly, accurately, and safely. The small wearable computer, or SWC, fits into a pouch in a TACP’s...

Two 1st Special Operations Wing airmen are putting the organization’s “Any Time, Any Place” motto to the test. Capt. Rob Marshall, with the 8th Special Operations Squadron, and Capt. Graydon Muller, with the 6th SOS, both at Hurlburt Field, Fla.,...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Nov. 25, 2010 Sortie Type OND OEF OND/OEF Total YTD ISR 23 68 91 25,373 CAS/Armed Recon 16 93 109 32,386 Airlift 180 180 57,129 Air refueling 47 47 15,993 Rescue 22 22 7,489 Total...