A pair of F-15Es from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron responded recently to a call from a battlefield airman embedded with an Army unit in Iraq to cover about 20 soldiers who came under attack during a foot patrol. The...

An Air Force general says that none of the US Air Force’s unmanned aerial vehicles is on the ground in Iran. Maj. Gen. Allen Peck told Associated Press news service that a new claim by Iran that it had downed...

The Pentagon wants to use UAVs to locate mines and improvised explosive devices buried in the ground. USA Today reports that both the Air Force and Navy are seeking information from defense contractors on practical applications of buried munition-hunting UAVs.

Air Force Reserve Command airmen deployed with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia recently were tasked to fly humanitarian missions to Ethiopia as part of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa operations. Deployed from the 913th Airlift Wing,...

The Air Force’s two top leaders have decided to return to the practice of letting officer promotion boards view advanced degree records. The service began “masking” that information for promotions to captain and major in March 1996 because leaders, at the time, wanted to “level the playing field” for officers with less opportunity to pursue off-duty education. In 2005, Air Force leadership went a step further, eliminating degrees from consideration at all levels to end the practice of obtaining “square-filling” degrees. Now, the pendulum has swung back to let boards see an officer’s “full potential.” The return to full disclosure will not take effect until 2008, per Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley, who say that provides “almost two years to complete a degree.”

Airmen currently assigned to NAS Keflavik, Iceland, recently got a visit from a US Air Forces in Europe assignments team to sort out their fates following the announcement that the US was pulling American forces out of the facility. The...

Security Forces personnel at Eielson AFB, Alaska, are working toward greater Total Force integration with the opening of a new 39,000-square foot facility to house both the active duty 354th Security Forces Squadron and the Alaska Air National Guard 168th...

Five senators have added their support to Senate bill S 2617—introduced April 7 just before the Spring break—that would link the Pentagon’s planned Tricare fee hike for military retirees under age 65 to the annual percentage increase in retired pay....

Two current Air Force leaders, both former astronauts, STARBASE Louisiana at Barksdale AFB, La., last week and “wowed” the 25 fifth-graders taking part in the 917th Wing’s science camp, reports the Shreveport (La.) Times. The leaders were Air Force Undersecretary...

Air Force leaders decided to realign the Air Force Doctrine Center with Air University and made the move effective April 6. According to an April 13 statement, the Doctrine Center, which has operated as a direct reporting unit to the...

Officials of the city of Warner Robins, Ga., believe the land swap with the state they started four years ago to gain control of 544 acres on the northern edge of Robins AFB, Ga., is at hand, reports the Macon...

A trip to New York City is usually expensive, especially for a member of the armed forces, but the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmens Club in the Murray Hill section of midtown Manhattan has been offering discount accommodations for servicemembers...

April 13, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 13 7 20 CAS/Armed Recon 54 22 76 Airlift 195 195 Air refueling 37 37 Total 67 29 232 328 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance