Daily Report

Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh last week visited Israel for the first time since becoming the Air Force’s uniformed leader one year ago. His Israeli counterpart, Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel, hosted Welsh. Eshel and he discussed plans to strengthen...

Due to resource constraints caused by budget sequestration, Air Force Space Command is preparing to discontinue operations of the Air Force Space Surveillance System by Oct. 1, a move that would save $14 million per year, announced the command on...

Lockheed Martin received an undefinitized modification to the previously awarded advance acquisition contract for the F-35 strike fighter’s sixth low-rate initial production lot, announced the Pentagon on Monday. This modification may not exceed $852.3 million, states the description included in...

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Monday announced he is establishing a review group, at the direction of President Obama, to examine US global signals intelligence collection and surveillance capability. “The review group will assess whether, in light of...

Just days after President Obama canceled a planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the upcoming G20 leaders’ gathering in St. Petersburg, Russia, the US and Russian foreign and defense ministers met at the State Department in Washington, D.C.,...

Through the first three quarters of Fiscal 2013, all three Air Force components met or exceeded their numerical accession goals, according to the Defense Department’s latest recruiting statistics. The Air Force’s Active Duty component met its year-to-date target through June...

An F-15E pilot flying over the Utah Test and Training Range used targeting data provided by the JLENS overhead sensor system to fire an air-to-air missile that brought down an anti-ship cruise missile target in a recent test, announced JLENS...

All but one of the US embassies and consulates are now reopen that the State Department temporarily closed earlier this month due to threats of terrorism emanating from the Arabian peninsula. “On Aug. 13, we reopened 18 of the 19...

Beginning on Aug. 18, military commissaries worldwide will return to normal operating schedules, announced the Defense Commissary Agency. This decision comes as a result of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last week reducing the furlough among the Pentagon’s civilian workforce from...

Beginning on Oct. 1, the Defense Department will reduce the number of Tricare Prime service areas in the United States, announced the Tricare Management Activity. The change will affect some 171,000 military retirees and their dependents whose service areas are...