Daily Report

Boeing last week told the Office of the Secretary of Defense that it needs six months to prepare its bid for the reopened KC-X tanker contest. This would obviously torpedo OSD’s plans to announce the winner around year’s end. But...

Montana residents of Cascade County will vote Nov. 4 on whether to authorize county commissioners to issue $3.2 million in general obligation bonds to acquire the rights to develop land at the southern tip of Malmstrom Air Force Base’s runway....

The Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency stood up a human intelligence detachment at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Aug. 14, thereby re-establishing Humint as a core intelligence discipline. Det. 6, as it is known, is the first Humint unit in...

The Alaska Air National Guard 210th Rescue Squadron’s Det. 1, which is based at Eielson Air Force Base, on Aug. 6 reached the milestone of 10,000 mishap-free flying hours with its two HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters. In fact, the...

A NATO AWACS surveillance aircraft arrived at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., on Aug. 8 from its home at Geilenkirchen, Germany, for three weeks of training with the F-15Es of the 4th Fighter Wing. It will stay through Wednesday. Turkish Air...

Dozens of Navy helicopters evacuated from the Florida coast to Maxwell AFB, Ala., on Aug. 20 in an effort to avoid the destruction of Tropical Storm Fay that has ravaged the sunshine state. Thirty-three SH-60B helicopters and their crews assigned...

The Air Force would like the Indian Air Force to participate regularly in Red Flag multinational air combat training exercises, according to an English-language South Asian online news service. The Sindh Today newspaper reported Aug. 22 that USAF has invited...

Gen. Duncan McNabb, vice chief of staff, presented the 2007 Lance P. Sijan Air Force Leadership Award to four airmen during a ceremony Aug. 20 at the Pentagon, the service said in a release Aug. 22. The recipients are: Lt....

As part of ongoing efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, Hill AFB, Utah, has signed on to participate in Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program under which the base will purchase renewable energy including windmills-generated power. Maj. Gen. Kathleen Close,...

A US district court judge has awarded an Air Force couple $7.5 million for a malpractice case against the family clinic at Andersen AFB, Guam. The island’s Pacific Daily News reported Aug. 22 that Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood granted the...