US Air Force F-16 fighter pilots at Kunsan AB, South Korea, made history this month, firing AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for the first time as part of a new weapons systems evaluation program in South Korea. Hamstrung by two realities—fiscal and...

Air Force Special Operations Command officials believe the command will need about 5,500 people to run Cannon AFB, N.M. and operate its new special operations mission. AFSOC takes over Cannon on Oct. 1, 2007, but plans to stagger the influx...

Sen. Kent Conrad (R-N.D.) says Air Force leaders have Minot AFB, N.D., “in their long-term plans,” reports The Minot Daily News. Conrad, who spoke at a press conference last week after touring the base, has been key in the Senate...

In the latest tug of war over security classification practices, the National Security Archive has found that the Bush Administration now considers never-before-classified data on the numbers of Cold War strategic weapons, such as the Air Force’s ICBM force, to...

The recent news that Boeing will begin shutting down its C-17 production line has left residents around Travis AFB, Calif., a tad nervous. Travis, which earlier this month received its first C-17, is going to be home to 13 of...

Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), who last week took the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) on a tour of Malmstrom AFB, Mont., told reporters that representatives from DOD and Homeland Security would be conducting a...

The CV-22 Osprey is now being tested to determine how well its various electronic warfare components work together and what tactics will work in simulated threat environments. The 412th Test Wing Electronic Warfare Group at Edwards AFB, Calif., has developed...

A team from Arnold Engineering & Development Center in Tennessee transported special equipment to Tinker AFB, Okla., to conduct “exhaust gas analysis” for a B-52 bomber engine burning a synthetic fuel blend derived from natural gas. Officials said the test...

Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) told the Associated Press news service that he plans to seek additional legislation in the already House-approved 2007 defense authorization bill that would elevate penalties for military recruiters found to have committed sexual misconduct with a...

A new analysis of military records has found that fewer veterans of the Vietnam War may have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder than the government concluded in 1988. Results of the new five-year study, led by Bruce Dohrenwend, chief of...

Malmstrom AFB, Mont., Patrick AFB, Fla., and Peterson AFB, Colo., were the top winners at Air Force Space Command’s Guardian Challenge 2006. Malmstrom’s 341st Space Wing received the Blanchard Trophy for Best Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Space Wing. The 45th SW...

The Air Force has decided to join in the latest online rage for young people—MySpace—as another means to “connect with potential recruits.” The service launched its user profile today for MySpace.com, an Internet social networking site that has some 98...

Aug. 18-20, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 44 22 66 CAS/Armed Recon 132 81 213 Airlift 490 490 Air refueling 115 115 Total 176 103 605 884 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance