Daily Report

Lt. Gen. James Kowalski is scheduled to start his new assignment as US Strategic Command’s deputy commander at Offutt AFB, Neb., on Oct. 28, Air Force Global Strike Command spokesman Lt. Col. John Sheets told the Daily Report on Wednesday....

The Air Force’s fleet of MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft this week hit the mark of two million total flight hours since the service began flying Predators in 1995, announced RPA operators at Creech AFB, Nev., on...

The Air Force needs to focus more on energy efficiencies during the acquisition process for new weapon systems instead of waiting until a system is already in the field, said Kevin Geiss, the Air Force’s deputy assistant secretary for energy....

If the budget sequester remains in place, the Air Force stands to lose up to five of the planned 19 F-35As it has on the books to purchase in Fiscal 2014, said William LaPlante, the Air Force’s principal deputy assistant...

While the federal government is functioning again on a budget continuing resolution, the Air Force has stopped some of its major acquisition programs and may not start them again due to cost considerations, William LaPlante, the Air Force’s principal deputy...

NATO’s planning for Resolute Support—the Afghan training mission that will commence following the end of the alliance’s combat operations in Afghanistan in 2014—is on track, said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday at NATO headquarters in Brussels during the final...

The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia recently deployed airmen and three of its ski-equipped LC-130 Skibird transports to Antarctica in support of National Science Foundation research on the barren continent. One LC-130 departed Scotia for...

A B-1 bomber operating with the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron in Southwest Asia recently completed a test of the Remotely Operated Video Enhancement Receiver, or ROVER, Internet Protocol Network. “RIPN is the first wideband battlefield network between an airborne platform...

Air Mobility Command informed us that the entry in Wednesday’s Daily Report column on the C-17 formation airdrop in Afghanistan was based on outdated information posted in error at the command’s website. Accordingly, we have removed the entry from our...