Despite his resignation last week as CIA Director, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence chair, said she’d still like to see David Petraeus appear before Congress to discuss the events in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 that...
US and Polish officials last week established a permanent US air detachment at Lask Air Base, about 100 miles southwest of Warsaw, during a ceremony. The small-sized unit, dubbed the Av-Det, represents the first full-time presence of US military personnel...
Air Force Global Strike Command’s annual Global Strike Challenge culminated in the crowning of the service’s top bombardment and ICBM wings during a ceremony last week at Barksdale AFB, La. The 509th Bomb Wing from Whiteman AFB, Mo., took the...
Air Force remotely piloted aircraft have dropped 1,160 weapons on ground targets in Afghanistan since 2009, according to newly released data from Air Forces Central. That includes 255 releases in 2009, 278 in 2010, 294 in 2011, and 333 during...
Airmen based at Misawa AB, Japan, are partnering with members of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force for Exercise Keen Sword, a two-week-long joint bilateral training event that runs through Nov. 16. “It’s an incredible opportunity to personally work with...
Chilean air force F-16s trained with the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing at JBSA-Lackland, Tex., as part of an ongoing partnership between the two nations, according to Lackland officials. This marked the first deployment abroad for the Chilean...
Maintenance instructors at JB Charleston, S.C., are educating the initial cadre of Indian air force maintainers to operate the C-17 transport before delivery of India’s first C-17s next year. “We are learning the basics of the aircraft as well as...
