Jumper Sees Iraqi Need for US Airpower

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgJumper Sees Iraqi Need for US Airpower: Gen. John P. Jumper predicts...

For USAF Airmen, a Long, Hard Slog in Iraq

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgIf Jumper is correct, then there are implications for USAF battlefield airmen,...

BRAC and the ANG Mobility Bases

CLICK HERE FOR ANG BOX SCOREHow did ANG's mobility bases come out in the BRAC review? Our handy box score (click box at left) tells you what happened. ANG had 47 mobility bases—sites with either KC-135 tankers or C-130 airlifters and variants. The BRAC panel agreed with DOD that 11 of these bases should be stripped of aircraft. In another 16 cases, DOD and the panel again agreed on the specific number of aircraft that would remain. The remaining 20 cases generated some mostly minor disagreements; the panel added and subtracted a few aircraft here and there. In only five cases did the panel stop DOD from eliminating a flying mission. BRAC brought salvation to Birmingham Airport, Ala.; New Castle Co. Airport, Del.; McGuire AFB, N.J.; Reno-Tahoe Airport, Nev.; and Yeager Airport, W.Va.

Good To Have a Back Up

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgPaul McHale, the Pentagon point man for Homeland Defense, said Tuesday in...

Was There Ever a Doubt?

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgA few weeks ago, some news media reports proclaimed that the Department...

On Guam, B-1 but not B-2

B-1B bombers from Ellsworth AFB, S.D.,—the base that narrowly escaped the BRAC ax—Monday began replacing B-2 Spirits at Andersen AB, Guam. The 120-day tour for the B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman AFB, Mo., ended. Stateside bomber units have been staging out of Andersen to help maintain a strong US presence in the Pacific. Read here about USAF’s plan for a new strike force on Guam and here for the big picture on the Pacific region.

Connecticut Dives Into the Air Guard Fray

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgGov. M. Jodi Rell (R) announced Monday that Connecticut is taking the...

Standing By His Warthogs

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgHas Moseley Launched a Peace Offensive?: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Monday...

If Rumsfeld is Not Pleased, How Can You Tell?

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgHave you noticed the lack of official Pentagon comment on the BRAC...

Not Gone With the Wind

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgUSAF bases—active and reserve—from the Florida panhandle to New Orleans worked to...

The Guard, at Home and Abroad

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgNational Guard Bureau Chief Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum praised the efforts...

Remembering Operation Deliberate Force, 1995

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgTen years ago this week, the US and NATO allies launched Deliberate...

Weapons Business Is Booming

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe sale of conventional military weapons across the world was nearly $37...

Armed Forces Vs. “Latinos for Peace”

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Pentagon said earlier this year that it would try to recruit...

Connect This Do-Hicky to That Do-Hicky

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgTo the Joint Strike Fighter engine team at Pratt & Whitney, it...

They Don’t Know the Meaning of “Late”

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Ogden Air Logistics Center maintenance personnel at Hill AFB, Utah, racked...

Don’t We Usually Call That “an Aircraft Carrier”?

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgJapan and the US are considering constructing a floating runway off Japan...

CENTAF mission notes

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgUSAF F-16s performed a strike against an anti-Iraqi forces meeting place in...

Air Sorties From the Global War on Terrorism

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAugust 29, 2005 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 8 4...