Talking with reporters the last week of his tenure as Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. John P. Jumper said that the issue that bothers him most is the age of USAF aircraft. The fleet suffered greatly during the procurement...

At last word, the tanker analysis of alternatives is still under review, but the Air Force went ahead and issued a request for information last Friday from companies that might want to participate in a tanker competition. Leading Air Force...

Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania is telling his constituents that NAS Willow Grove—set to lose its Air National Guard A-10s if the BRAC commission rulings stand up—will remain active despite the realignment of the units currently stationed there. In an...

The state-of-the-art training devices coming online for the Joint Strike Fighter aren’t just for pilots. The airmen, sailors, and marines who will maintain the new multirole F-35 are getting the high-tech treatment, as well. A critical component of the program...

With barely a week passed since winning a reprieve from the 2005 BRAC hit list, New Mexico officials are already pursuing a new mission for Cannon Air Force Base, near Clovis, N.M. The base will lose the 27th Fighter Wing...

Airmen from Air Force Special Operations Command, headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Fla., who specialize in setting up bare base airfield operations have deployed to help the devastated New Orleans get Louis Armstrong International Airport up and running, the Air Force...

A C-17 on Tuesday night transported 31 very pregnant women from Keesler to Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Tex. A short time later, a C-130 delivered 25 other patients who had been hospitalized in the Keesler Medical Center,...

Active and reserve air mobility support continues to aid the massive disaster response efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (See DR, 9/01/05). Air Mobility Command’s Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, Ill., has been coordinating mobility aircraft—cargo to aeromedical...

Some 6,000 people housed in shelters at the Mississippi base stepped outside late Tuesday to view the damage—or perhaps just to breathe the air—stated an Air Force news release. But first up was a hot meal. Wednesday they got their...

The National Reconnaissance Office has been assisting federal agencies with overhead imagery to aid planning for Hurricane Katrina relief operations. The NRO has been “providing direct support” at the request of FEMA, according to NRO director Don Kerr. FEMA needs...

Northrop Grumman and a US government team, stretching from California to Virginia, last month successfully tested use of the Link-16 digital data transmission system on USAF’s B-2 stealth bomber. Northrop announced the result Wednesday. Working with the company via a...

Airmen of the 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo., are doubling the number of monitor stations that help them keep track of GPS satellites, reports AFSPC. The command combined data from two National Geospatial Intelligence Agency monitor stations and...

Lockheed Martin said Tuesday that it would continue to reduce workers employed in the company’s F-16 program through 2006, reported the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The company dropped layoff notices on about 60 workers at the company’s Fort Worth facility Monday,...

Gen. Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, US Air Forces in Europe Commander, received the highest honor of the enlisted corps on Aug. 26, when he was inducted into the command’s Order of the Sword before a packed house at the officers’...

Russia’s Krunichev Space Research and Development Center announced Wednesday the end of the manufacturing line for the SS-19 ICBM, according to the Interfax news agency. “We do not have the manufacturing equipment nor can we produce them under contract. We...

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service says it is closely monitoring contingency procedures implemented by banks and credit unions to ensure that electronic deposits for military and defense civilians in the Hurricane Katrina impact areas get their money. Mail delivery...

Airmen and their families who were evacuated during Katrina may be eligible for evacuation allowances and expenses for lodging, meals, transportation, and incidentals. Want to check? Click here.

August 31, 2005 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 8 5 – 13 CAS/Armed Recon – 15 – 15 Airlift – – 165 165 Air refueling – – 33 33 Total 8 20 198 226 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation...