A day after the nationwide constitutional referendum, US helicopters and fighters targeted insurgents in villages near Ramadi, Iraq, leaving some 70 militants dead, according to US Central Command. The scene was near the spot where five US soldiers died from...

Gen. Duncan McNabb formally assumed command of Air Mobility Command during a ceremony on Oct. 14 at Scott AFB, Ill. McNabb told the audience that he has “been fighting to get back” to AMC ever since he left command of...

Using the Internet to help airmen lose weight was the subject of a collaborative study by the Air Force and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. According to USA Today, results of the study were presented during at a conference...

Air Force personnel at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, continue to support relief operations in Pakistan. On Oct. 16, they loaded two Air Force C-17s and a C-130 with more than 141,300 pounds of supplies, including clothing, tents, and MREs. Back in...

That was quite a story that Defense News had in yesterday’s edition: According to the Washington, D.C.-based publication, acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England is getting help from Pentagon strategist/cult figure Andrew Marshall to augment the Quadrennial Defense Review. Defense...

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are scrambling to get the 2006 defense authorization bill to the floor for debate, after it has been stalled for months due to disputes over hundreds of amendments. In an Oct. 7 letter...

Remember the Titan: Barring changes to the schedule, the final Titan IV rocket will blast off from its pad at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., Wednesday. Carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the 20-story Titan is being replaced by...

A number of bidders are lining up behind the recently released request for proposals for the new combat search and rescue aircraft, dubbed CSAR-X. The program potentially would produce 141 helicopters for an estimated $8 billion contract. Likely candidates include:...

A study conducted by the International Epidemiological Institute concludes that the Air Force’s early warning radar in Bourne, Mass., is not responsible for higher cancer rates in the vicinity of Cape Cod, according to the Associated Press. The study was...

The family of the late Col. William Erlenbusch has presented Gen. Lance Lord, commander of Air Force Space Command, with a unique gift—the very first Air Force guided missile insignia, now known as a missile badge. In 1958, Erlenbusch commanded...

USAF By the Numbers: The Air Force has released its annual compilation of personnel statistics of the force. The data show that, as of Sept. 30, USAF had 349,369 active duty airmen—73,252 officers and 276,117 enlisted members. Women make up...

USAF recently tapped for 2006-07 advanced education coursework more than 1,100 military and civilian personnel out of some 3,900 nominated by their senior raters. Working within the service’s Force Development program, development teams reviewed the candidates and recommended courses of...

October 14-16, 2005 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 40 11 – 51 CAS/Armed Recon 190 69 – 259 Airlift – – 500 500 Air refueling – – 129 129 Total 230 80 629 939 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation...