These Fields Are Secure:

The Air Force definitely is not cutting enlisted aviator career fields—at least not in the near future—because the service says it’s short. USAF officials are encouraging airmen who may be in vulnerable career fields to cross train as boom operators,...

The Army Wants TSAT, Too:

The Air Force’s Transformational Satellite communications program just got an important endorsement from the Army, which needs the program to get information quickly to soldiers on the ground, reports Dow Jones Newswires. The Air Force is facing a budget squeeze...

Redemption:

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has redeemed himself from the awkward comments he made earlier this month about getting the Air Force and Navy to contribute more troops to aid ground forces in the war on terror. Speaking to primarily Air...

Reserves Beef Up Grissom:

Air Force Reserve Command officials at Grissom ARB, Ind., broke ground last week for a new building on base to house its radar approach control activities for military and civilian aircraft. Scheduled for completion in January 2008, it will replace...

Apprentice Gets Singular Honor:

Air traffic control apprentice SrA. Joshua Matias is the 2006 winner of the Air Traffic Control Association’s Lingiam Odems Memorial Award. Currently deployed to the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron at Balad AB, Iraq, for the second time, Matias actually...

It Is Rocket Science:

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research gathered some 150 rocket scientists in Annapolis, Md., recently to discuss space propulsion and power. The focus was the work these leading scientists from universities and small businesses have done for the Air...

And Speaking of Space:

The chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.) says in a statement about the recently passed 2007 defense authorization bill, that he managed to secure $1 million for the National Space Studies Center, part...

Georgia Guard Gets Navy Facility:

The Georgia National Guard will take control of the 107-acre NAS Atlanta property, which the Navy is vacating under BRAC 2005 and which is adjacent to Dobbins Air Reserve Base. A statement from Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) says that Georgia...

Northrop Signs up for Net-Centric Work:

Northrop Grumman and the Air Force’s Electronic Systems Center signed a research and development agreement to develop network-centric operations capabilities, according a Northrop news release. Under the 24-month collaborative agreement, Northrop and the Air Force will use Northrop’s cyber warfare...

Sixty Years of USAF in Art:

As part of the Air Force’s commemoration of its 60th anniversary, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne launched a special 60th anniversary artwork exhibit at the Pentagon last week. Several Air Force Art Program artists attended the small ribbon-cutting event. Among...

Japanese Favor US Military Presence:

A majority of the Japanese public favors the US military presence on the island, according to an annual US Embassy poll. Stars and Stripes reports that 80 percent of respondents said they favor or somewhat favor maintaining the security alliance...

More Civilians to the Front?:

The Pentagon’s personnel chief, David Chu, told attendees at a Washington area conference that DOD wants to be able to deploy more civilians.Federal Times reports that Chu said Pentagon officials are reviewing current legislation that restricts the department’s ability to...

British Beaufighter Joins National Museum:

The British night fighter aircraft known as the Bristol Beaufighter has found a home at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Technicians at the museum restored the aircraft, which first entered service as a day...

JFCOM, TRANSCOM Formally Join Forces:

US Joint Forces Command , the DOD joint deployment process owner, and US Transportation Command, the DOD distribution process owner, have penned a joint vision statement to “align interrelated joint deployment and distribution actions for better mutual performance and to...

Air Sorties in the Global War on Terrorism

Oct. 19, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 16 11 27 CAS/Armed Recon 45 36 81 Airlift 150 150 Air refueling 34 34 Total 61 47 184 292 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance