According to the latest recruiting and retention numbers, the Air National Guard exceeded its recruiting goal for the month of May, achieving 113 percent. The Air Guard has come up short for six of the first eight months of Fiscal...

The Air Force Personnel Center has created a means for active duty and reserve airmen to check to see if their personal data is among that potentially compromised by the May 3 theft of Veterans Affairs information. Airmen can go...

The Air Force opened the door to contract aerial refueling operations and Omega Air stepped on through. Omega beat the deadline for responses to USAF’s request for information by announcing June 9 that it would serve up 60 modified DC-10s...

One of the two leading contenders in the tanker replacement game—the Northrop Grumman-EADS team—would like the Air Force to reconsider requiring companies to list what government subsidies they receive when it reviews proposals for a new tanker, according to Reuters...

There is a move afoot in North Dakota to change the state’s constitution so that National Guardsmen can serve beyond the age of 45 and ensure there is no gender bias. The vote on the state constitutional change takes place...

Contenders Line Up for JCA: There’s been a flurry of activity on the Joint Cargo Aircraft program, with three separate teams offering their respective platforms for the competition. Lockheed Martin formally said it would offer a short-fuselage variant of its...

Another PR Victory for VA: According to Government Executive, Veterans Affairs argued before Congress last week that allowing veterans to use lawyers to navigate the VA maze of regulations would simply add unnecessary expense to the VA program—in effect draining...

What to do With a C-5 Cockpit: Technicians at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga., plan to make use of the cockpit portion of the C-5 Galaxy that crashed April 3 in a field just off Dover AFB,...

According to Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz, head of US Transportation Command, the way to measure a military member is “whether people will follow.” Schwartz indicated that Air Force Reserve Command Brig. Gen. Harold Mitchell is such a leader as...

The “Commando Warrior” schoolhouse of 7th Air Force’s 60th Training Flight at Osan AB, South Korea, helps train Pacific Air Forces airmen in everything from weapons tactics to night operations and convoy duty. Among its three courses is an 18-day...

Approximately 33 US active duty military, reservists, and civilians have returned from African Lion 2006 in the Sahara desert, where they performed medical services and humanitarian visits for more than 9,400 Moroccans. “I left a piece of my heart in...

The Air National Guard’s 186th Air Refueling Wing at Key Field, Miss., will get a new 10,000-square-foot medical training center, funded under the just completed 2006 supplemental for the war on terrorism and hurricane recovery, the Meridian Star reports. The...

Valiant Shield, which kicks off June 19 in the western Pacific region, will comprise about 22,000 US military personnel, including more than 1,000 airmen from 10 separate bases and 50 USAF fighters, bombers, mobility, and support aircraft—all under the guidance...

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) recently introduced the Patriotic Loan Act of 2006 (S. 3122), which they say would expand Small Business Administration programs aimed at Guard and Reserve personnel. It would increase the maximum loan...

Air Mobility Command officials have set the date for Rodeo 2007—July 22-28, 2007, at McChord AFB, Wash. The international competition will comprise more than 100 teams and 2,500 USAF, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, and allied forces airmen....

June 8-10, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 47 14 61 CAS/Armed Recon 168 72 240 Airlift 500 500 Air refueling 118 118 Total 215 86 618 919 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance