Deborah James, Air Force Secretary nominee, thinks commanders should retain authority for deciding whether to prosecute airmen for allegations of sexual misconduct, but also said the commanders should be held accountable when they do not enforce Air Force standards of...
During the legislative battle in 2009 to end production of the F-22 at 187 airframes, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates forwarded an argument that the Chinese would have only a few hundred fifth generation fighters by the mid 2020s, as...
The Pentagon’s Strategic Choices Management Review forced the services to plumb their budgets deeply—which is going to help drive the Quadrennial Defense Review’s final product, said Maj. Gen. Steven Kwast, the Air Force’s QDR office director. “The nice thing about...
A B-1B earlier this month detected, targeted, and engaged small boats in the Gulf of Mexico as part of an evaluation of the bomber’s capability to strike moving maritime targets. During the Sept. 4 testing, a B-1 from Dyess AFB,...
The Air Force earlier this month inactivated the 537th Airlift Squadron at JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The Active Duty unit had been operating C-130s at the Alaska base since April 2011, together with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 144th AS under...
The Air Force and Boeing completed the first unmanned flight of a QF-16 full-scale aerial target, announced the company on Monday. Two Air Force test pilots in a ground control station remotely flew the QF-16 during the Sept. 19 test...
The Air Force has redesignated the 67th Network Warfare Wing and the 688th Information Operations Wing, both at JBSA-Lackland, Tex., as the 67th Cyberspace Wing and 688th Cyberspace Wing, respectively. These units fall under 24th Air Force, the service’s cyber...
The remains of Maj. James E. Sizemore of Lawrenceville, Ill., and Maj. Howard V. Andre Jr., of Memphis, Tenn., were laid to rest with full military honors on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., according to the cemetery’s website. The...
