Daily Report

Sept. 5, 2013

Senate Panel Backs Military Action against Syria

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved a joint resolution authorizing the Obama Administration to use limited military force against Syria. The measure passed by a bipartisan vote of 10 to seven, with three Republicans supporting it and two...

Reaching Out

The United States has reached out to more than 100 countries as it looks to build international support for limited military action in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. Already, 53 countries...

Spotlight: SSgt. Joshua L. Hanna

SSgt. Joshua L. Hanna, an explosive ordnance disposal journeyman with the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron at Andersen AFB, Guam, is one of the Air Force’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2013. On his most recent deployment to Afghanistan, Hanna...

Completed Review Validates KC-46A Design

The Air Force has officially closed the critical design review for the KC-46A tanker, thereby formally establishing the aircraft’s design and clearing the way for Boeing to progress into the tanker’s manufacturing and developmental test phases, announced the service on...

North Dakota Air Guard Bids Adieu to C-21A

Members of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Wing in Fargo bid farewell to their last C-21A as it flew to its new home, the National Museum of the US Air Force. Aircraft No. 84-0064 departed on Aug. 28,...

Boeing Tasked for More A-10 Wings

Boeing received $212 million from the Air Force to supply 56 more sets of wings for A-10 ground-attack aircraft, announced the company on Wednesday. This is part of the company’s continuing work under a $2 billion contract awarded in June...

New Mi-17s Arrive for Afghan Air Force

The Afghan air force took delivery of three new-build Mi-17 helicopters at Kabul International Airport, according to a release from NATO air advisors. The three helicopters arrived disassembled on Sept. 1 in the belly of a Russian Antonov An-124 transport...

Australian F-111 Heads to Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

The Royal Australian Air Force’s last remaining F-111 is expected to arrive Thursday at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, according to the museum. An Australian C-17 originating from RAAF Amberley on Australia’s east coast was scheduled...