Ret. Maj. Gen. John R. Alison, a highly decorated World War II combat ace, Korean War veteran, and lifetime airpower advocate, died Monday at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 98. “General Alison was one of the greatest military...
Cost will play “more and more significantly” in the realignment of US military forces in Japan, South Korea, and Guam, said Adm. Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs Chairman. “The affordability aspect of this is much more intense in this discussion than...
US space systems may be sharing the orbital commons with other nations’ satellites that aren’t what they seem, said Gen. Robert Kehler, head of US Strategic Command. “They can all look like communication satellites, but that may not be their...
The seventh C-5 transport has entered Lockheed Martin’s modification line in Marietta, Ga., for upgrade to the Super Galaxy configuration. This aircraft, a C-5B model stationed at Dover AFB, Del., will receive more than 70 reliability and performance enhancements, including...
Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing from JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., wrapped up operations at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, and at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania after a more than three-week deployment. Their work was twofold: help assess the practicality...
After four months as part of an expeditionary C-130J airlift unit in Afghanistan, active duty airmen and Reservists from Keesler AFB, Miss., have returned home, having set several airdrop records. These airmen—members of Air Force Reserve Command’s 815th Airlift Squadron...
Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., is abuzz with military construction activity. In fact, it’s one of the busiest USAF sites in this regard, with more than $240 million in projects under way and the possibility for a total of twice that over...
US officials at the Airspace Control Authority in Baghdad transferred responsibility for more of Iraq’s airspace to their counterparts in the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority. This is part of the process of incrementally restoring airspace control to the Iraqis before...
India on Monday decided to go forth with the purchase of 10 new-build Boeing C-17 transports from the United States under a foreign military sale. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s cabinet committee on security approved the deal, which has an...
The World Peace Corps Mission will award a World Peace Prize to the Civil Air Patrol, honoring the Air Force auxiliary as its Roving Ambassador for Peace in 2010. “Civil Air Patrol makes a huge impact, going above and beyond...
