President Obama has tapped Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke to be the Air National Guard’s next director, succeeding Lt. Gen. Bud Wyatt, who is retiring in January, announced the National Guard Bureau on Wednesday. Wyatt, who began his Air Force career...
More than 30 senior Air Force leaders, including Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, recently attended a cyber summit at JB Andrews, Md., to discuss the service’s role in cyberspace and work towards defining the path...
The Air Force Recruiting Service stood up three squadrons dedicated to attracting health professionals to the Air Force. The new units are: the 318th Recruiting Squadron based in Mechanicsburg, Pa.; 342nd RCS in San Antonio; and 348th RCS in Clearfield,...
Aeromedical personnel are evaluating the KC-10 tanker’s ability to carry patients and cargo together efficiently in test flights this month over the Pacific, announced air mobility officials. “Using the KC-10 gives us another great platform to use for evacuation of...
US Northern Command boss Army. Gen. Charles Jacoby signed two agreements with his Canadian counterpart, Army Lt. Gen. Stuart Beare, strengthening Arctic security and bilateral training arrangements, announced the Pentagon. Beare heads the Canadian Joint Operations Command, Canada’s counterpart to...
The United States is going to have to confront a number of issues as the world becomes more fast paced and multipolar that will have great implications for defense and security, according to the National Intelligence Council’s new report: “Global...
MSgt. Todd Buit, a KC-135 boom operator from Fairchild AFB, Wash., surpassed 7,500 cumulative flight hours on a recent sortie from Fairchild—a mark few Active Duty airmen attain. Buit began his Stratotanker flying career 23 years ago at Griffiss AFB,...
Members of the Arizona Air National Guard’s 161st Air Refueling Wing in Phoenix are helping to create a “Guns to Salute the Fallen” memorial near the Arizona State Capitol building. These Air Guardsmen are refurbishing gun barrels from the World...
