Daily Report

March 24, 2014

Obama Heads to Europe as Tensions Rise in Ukraine

President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and other world leaders will meet in The Hague, Netherlands, on Monday for the third Nuclear Security Summit, announced the White House. The talks will kick off less than two days after...

Controversial but Necessary

A recently released Air Force Office of Special Investigations report found that the use of Air Force Academy cadets as confidential informants was a “controversial” but “necessary” investigative tool. The report noted that a “lack of specific training given to...

ROK to Select F-X by April, KF-X by Summer

South Korea will determine the winner of its next generation fighter aircraft competition by this summer, said Republic of Korea Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Hyungchul Kim. ROKAF will select its newest F-X fighter among the F-35,...

Block Solid Delivery

Northrop Grumman delivered an RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk to Grand Forks AFB, N. D., ahead of schedule and on budget, the company announced last week. “Delivering Global Hawk to our Air Force partners early is a good indicator of...

Introducing the Spork of Reserve Associations

Officials at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., inactivated Air Force Reserve Command’s 45th Fighter Squadron, passing it’s A-10 pilot training duties to AFRC’s 47th Fighter Squadron, which was transplanted from Barksdale AFB, La. “During the last five-plus years, members of the 45th...

Air Force Activates New Cyber Squadron

Air Force Reserve Command redesignated the 960th Cyberspace Operations Group Det. 2 as the 426th Network Warfare Squadron. The squadron, which now falls under the 960th Cyberspace Operations Group at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, includes more than 60 Reservists tasked with protecting...

Fairchild Says Goodbye to Historic “White House”

The new headquarters building at Fairchild AFB, Wash., is expected to be open for business this Spring. Officials cut the ribbon on the $12 million building on March 20, officials said. It replaces the 71-year-old headquarters building, known as the...