It’s a New Dawn
Wednesday marks the start of Operation New Dawn in Iraq and the end of formal combat operations for US forces there. But for the roughly 6,000 airmen that will remain in Iraq, the mission stays essentially the same. “Operation New...
Vectoring Your Career
USAF’s Force Management and Development Council has approved an initiative that will transform the way the service grooms its senior enlisted leaders. Among the changes, career field leaders will be able to manage enlisted talent and “identify the right airmen...
What’s in a Surge?
The Air Force completed 19,600 intra-theater sorties, delivered 183,600 tons of cargo, and moved more than 441,000 passengers for Operation Enduring Freedom from the time President Obama announced the surge of 30,000 troops to Afghanistan last December to the end...
Cleaning up Tyndall
The Air Force is continuing its environmental clean-up efforts at Tyndall AFB, Fla., by launching a campaign to remediate an additional 30 contaminated sites there by 2014. Efforts are also underway to clean up 11 former munitions sites there well...
Air Force Academy Honors Condoleezza Rice
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice last week received the 2009 Thomas D. White National Defense Award from the Air Force Academy. The academy has presented this award annually since 1962 to a US citizen who has contributed significantly to...
Laying the Groundwork
The Air Force Reserve’s first enlisted development team met in Denver recently at the Air Reserve Personnel Center to discuss career and educational advice for the more than 830 chief master sergeants throughout the Reserve component. Fifteen chief master sergeants...
GeoEye-2 Passes Milestone
The high-resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite known as GeoEye-2 has completed its system requirements review, Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday. The terrestrial review “effectively demonstrated the advanced state of our GeoEye-2 design and how we can significantly improve the quality and quantity...
Air Sorties from SWA 082210
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Aug. 22, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 23 6 29 16,641 CAS/Armed Recon 12 90 102 22,449 Airlift 179 179 40,721 Air refueling 59 59 10,964 Rescue 33 33 5,065 Total...