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The active and Air National Guard C-17 crews at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, aren’t getting the training they need in low-level and assault tactics in Hawaii because of the service’s money woes, reports the Honolulu Advertiser. The 4,200-foot assault landing strip...

While the buildup of Cannon AFB, N.M., as a hub for Air Force special operations forces is one of US Special Operations Command’s large expansion initiatives over the next few years, military construction at the base is not a pressing...

It was April 19 when the Air Force actually went over the one million mark for sorties supporting the global war on terror, service officials told the Daily Report Tuesday. We reported earlier that the service anticipated hitting that astonishing...

Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles will not be alone in the high-altitude skies of the future as the Navy has just announced its choice of a Global Hawk variant to serve as its broad area maritime surveillance...

The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract valued at $54.9 million to develop and flight test a signals intelligence sensor payload for USAF’s MQ-1 Predator that also will serve as “the foundation for the US Army’s Guardrail modernization...

Unnamed sources told Reuters news service that Gen. Duncan McNabb, the Air Force vice chief of staff, met with senior executives of Boeing and Northrop Grumman to urge them to curb their public statements over the KC-X tanker program award....

DARPA has just awarded contracts to three teams for its Vulture long-endurance unmanned aerial system. We reported earlier on one of the winners, Aurora Flight Sciences. The other two teams are led by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The awards cover...

A combined active and Air Force Reserve Command crew from McChord AFB, Wash., on April 17 transported 100 researchers and support personnel and their gear from Antarctica in the last Operation Deep Freeze mission for the 2007-08 season. It was...

The third of five new F-15E Strike Eagle Mission Training Centers has opened at RAF Lakenheath, England, according to an April 22 Boeing release. The company is under contract for the five new centers that offer Strike Eagle crews advanced...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaApril 20, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 26 6 32 3,015 CAS/Armed Recon 52 38 90 9,126 Airlift 140 140 13,542 Air refueling 47 47 4,198 Total 309 29,881...