Daily Report

The Air Force will begin implementing several voluntary force management programs for officers and enlisted personnel to reduce Active Duty end strength to the congressionally authorized level for Fiscal 2013 by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30,...

Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he is no longer optimistic that the Pentagon can avoid the devastating blow to its budget from sequestration. “I used to be hopeful and optimistic and now I’m just hopeful,” said Carter in his...

Iran’s “Stealth” Combat Aircraft, a Farsi-cal Claim?: Iran unveiled the single-seat Qaher F-313 combat aircraft, with senior Iranian military leaders claiming that the domestically built platform is radar-evading and sophisticated. Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said on Feb,...

Pacific Air Forces’ C-17 demo team is participating in the Aero India 2013 air show this week in Bangalore, India. The team departed JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Jan. 31, according to a Feb. 1 base release. The team is...

Active Duty airmen from the 41st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock AFB, Ark., tackled Nevada’s mountainous terrain in their C-130Js during a training visit to Reno Air National Guard Base. The January trip was in preparation for the airmen’s upcoming...

Thirty-one chief master sergeants-select from across Air Force Global Strike Command gathered at Barksdale AFB, La., for a four-day orientation course meant to give them the tools to lead their enlisted airmen effectively. This orientation, which took place in late...

A detachment of airmen from Aviano AB, Italy, went to the Red Flag 13-2 air combat exercise at Nellis AFB, Nev., with members of the 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem AB, Germany, last month to bring the latter unit up...

A team of air advisors from Ramstein AB, Germany, helped the Slovenian air force improve security measures at Cerklje Air Base in eastern Slovenia. “This airfield security-familiarization event was a valuable experience to further the partner relationship” with the Slovenians,...

Members of the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing at Selfridge ANG Base, northeast of Detroit, are installing a new version of the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System called Guardian on a KC-135 tanker for testing, announced unit officials. “The...