There’s “good news” for Long Beach, Calif., says Sen. Dianne Feinstein, because the Senate’s 2006 defense appropriations bill supplement includes $227.5 million to advance purchase parts and equipment to build more C-17s. In a statement, the California Democrat calls the...

Coast Guard search and rescue forces found Capt. Ted Schultz about two hours after his F-16 crashed into the ocean around 5:40 p.m. Wednesday. Schultz, who is with the 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C., was flying a training mission...

The North Dakota and Louisiana Congressional delegations got together Tuesday to further strategize how they can ensure the Air Force does not pursue its plan to retire 38 B-52 bombers. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) spoke with the Minot (N.D.) Daily...

There are at least two lawmakers who believe America definitely has lost its space advantage. The Denver Post reports that Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) doesn’t think the American public “understands the importance of space.” Calvert was in Colorado Springs, Colo.,...

Northrop Grumman officials believe they have a solution to one of the problems facing the Air Force space program—namely a rapid, reusable and lower cost launch vehicle. The company has unveiled its Hybrid Launch Vehicle (HLV), claiming satellites could be...

We reported earlier that Air Combat Command has regained control of the Air Force’s Combat Search and Rescue forces—the stateside ones—from Air Force Special Operations Command. Check here for a list of the units going back to ACC. ACC also gains mobilized Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command CSAR units.

Preparing for the upcoming competition for the Air Force-Army Joint Cargo Aircraft program, teammates Raytheon and EADS CASA North America announced their proposed entrants—the C-295 and CN-235 transports. The team also has selected the Mobile Regional Airport, Ala., as the...

Northrop Grumman fired off a response to the Government Accountability Office for its recent criticism of the Global Hawk acquisition program, saying the company will work closely with the Air Force to keep the high-flying unmanned aerial vehicle on cost...

Raytheon announced the delivery of the 300th T-6A Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS) at its Wichita, Ka., facility Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Gregory Feest, Air Education and Training Command’s deputy director of air, space, and information operations for flying training,...

The new superintendent of the US Air Force Academy already has made some changes at the Colorado Springs, Colo., campus, including restoring “Recognition Week,” more popularly known as “hell week.” Now, Lt. Gen. John Regni wants to make more fairly...

US military reconstruction teams that are heading off to Afghanistan to help rebuild the Southwest Asian nation are training at Ft. Bragg, N.C., before deploying for yearlong rotations. Airmen are among soldiers and sailors who comprise 12 provincial reconstruction teams...

Americans like democracy at home, but a recent survey suggests that our feelings toward the philosophy abroad are more nuanced. According to a new survey conducted by Foreign Affairs magazine and non-profit Public Agenda as part of the Public Agenda...

The Department of Justice confirms that more charges could be levied against a former Northrop Grumman design engineer who was arrested last year for allegedly selling stealth technology secrets related to the B-2 bomber. Noshir Gowadia, a Maui, Hawaii, resident,...

April 4, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 15 5 20 CAS/Armed Recon 52 16 68 Airlift 200 200 Air refueling 32 32 Total 67 21 232 320 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance