The Air Force plans to bring airmen from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, to Langley AFB, Va., in early 2007 to begin F-22A training under an initiative dubbed the “Ready Elmendorf” program. Elmendorf is slated to become the second base—after Langley—to stand...

President Bush on April 25 nominated Sue Payton, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, to become the Air Force’s top acquisition official. The post has been vacant since the resignation of Marvin Sambur in January 2005. Payton...

The Daily Report got a glimpse yesterday of the world of Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2006 at the Air Force’s Pentagon Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center. Kicking off a briefing for reporters, Lt. Gen. Kevin Chilton,...

One of the key concepts being aired during JEFX is the Theater Battle Operations Net-centric Environment (TBONE), a concept sprung from the Air Force’s C2 Battlelab. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, the battlelab’s Maj. Pat McAtee called the project...

The Air Force Weather Agency’s Lt. Col. Michael Dwyer told reporters at Wednesday’s JEFX briefing that the Net-Centric Weather Initiative (NCWI)is designed to demonstrate the ability to provide near-real-time critical weather information directly to the cockpit via Tactical Targeting Network...

At Nellis AFB, Nev., a NASA WB-57 flying at 60,000 feet is aiding JEFX 2006 by carrying a payload that will link tactical data and communication systems. The program manager for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN), 1st Lt. Brad...

The Air Force C2ISR Center wants to “institutionalize” the collection and application of non-traditional ISR, said Col. Roger Gant, by utilizing Infrastructure Operations Tools Access. IOTA would incorporate fighter aircraft targeting sensor data with the traditional ISR tools available to...

Airmen of the Royal Australian Air Force joined their American counterparts for JEFX 2006 at Nellis AFB, Nev. It was opportune for the down-under crowd since they are in the midst of revamping their own air operations center. The Australian...

Since JEFX is a bi-annual event, the planning for the 2008 installment is already under way, according to Lt. Col. J.J. King, the deputy director of the Air Force Experimentation Office—the steward of the experiment. King told reporters at the...

The Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., officially dedicated the new Schriever Space Complex on April 24. The new home of SMC is a unique project that involved trading government land in Hawthorne, Calif., for construction...

Boeing Says It Must Close Line This Year: Boeing officials say they must have new orders for the C-17 airlifter this year or they will have to close the production line. Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems chief, Jim Albaugh, told Dow...

April 26, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 16 6 22 CAS/Armed Recon 55 20 75 Airlift 160 160 Air refueling 33 33 Total 71 26 193 290 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance