Daily Report

The Air Force’s new bomber project doesn’t depend on getting Congress to fund the new advanced engine program proposed in the Fiscal 2015 defense budget, service acquisition executive William LaPlante told Air Force Magazine Wednesday. LaPlante said the new engine...

Congress bestowed its highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, on the Doolittle Raiders, the collective group of American Fighter Aces, and the Civil Air Patrol’s World War II veterans this week. The Senate approved a resolution on Tuesday to award...

The Navy is implementing a concept that improves data link connectivity between its aircraft and sea-based assets, and is in the early stages of bringing the Air Force on board, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said Wednesday. The...

Preserving key electronic attack capabilities will be critical to projecting airpower in future conflicts, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert told reporters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Greenert said these “critical” electronic warfare capabilities will be just as important...

The Air Force issued a new standardized guideline spelling out the Chief of Staff’s expectations of every unit commander, entitled Commander’s Responsibilities. “For the first time, the Air Force now has an instruction which sets the minimum standard for successful...

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that accountability is a top priority as investigations into reports of negligence and misconduct at Veterans Affairs facilities across the country commence. “I am going to make sure that there is accountability throughout the system...

Approximately 100 Air National Guardsmen from the 124th Fighter Wing out of Gowen Field, Idaho, accompanied A-10 Thunderbolt IIs to Spangdahlem AB, Germany, to support the Combined Resolve II training exercise. The US Army Europe-directed multinational exercise is conducted in...

The Air Force is upgrading its WC-130J Hurricane Hunter fleet with satellite telephones to give aircrew an unbroken communication link flying through storms and at low altitudes. “We tend to fly fairly low and a lot of times we’re not...

More than 60 US service members from US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa gathered this week in Germany for the 2014 Berlin Air Show. The six-day air show kicked off May 20 with an opening ceremony and attendance from...