The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, tasked with investigating the oxygen generation systems on the grounded F-22 fleet and other aircraft, is expected to release an interim report to Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz this...
A C-130 cargo plane assigned to the 914th Airlift Wing out of Niagara Falls ARS, N.Y., has collided with a remotely piloted aircraft in Afghanistan, reported the Wall Street Journal. Air Force Capt. Justin Brockhoff told the newspaper the plane...
Senior Russian military officers and Russian nuclear security experts visited F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., last week for exercise Crimson Rider, which is intended to improve cooperation between the US and Russia. “Exercises like this enable good discussion among security experts...
The Air National Guard’s newest aircraft can now fly as many missions as necessary on southern Afghanistan’s austere dirt runways thanks to a six-member quick strike team and their three P-19 fire engines. The QST team deployed to Forward Operating...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined forces during an hour-long panel discussion at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Aug. 16, to discuss a host of national security issues and the projected budget cuts...
Building resiliency among airmen and their families is a top priority for senior Air Force leaders, but a new study says the Defense Department needs to come up with a better way to measure the success of its “plethora” of...
Since arriving last fall, the Air Force’s mixed fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk and BD-700 Global Express jets have provided vastly improved communications for US ground forces in Southwest Asia. Thanks to these aircraft equipped with Battlefield Airborne Communication Nodes,...
Officials at Shaw AFB, S.C., have begun moving the base’s oldest squadron to Pope Field, N.C. The 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron originally activated in December 1971 as the 682nd Direct Air Support Center Squadron. It’s tasked with providing theater...
