Officials with the Multinational Force-Iraq say a coalition air strike on Monday killed three terrorists in Yusifiyyah, near Baghdad, that were linked to a network engaged in producing vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices. An official statement declared, “ The result of...

An aircrew comprising Air Mobility Command and Air Force Reserve Command airmen from Dover AFB, Del., earlier this month flew the first all-Dover C-17 training mission, using a simulator at McGuire AFB, N.J. A Nov. 13 news release noted that...

Incirlik AB, Turkey, has become the Pentagon’s chief air cargo hub for operations in Iraq, moving some 60 percent of all air cargo headed into Iraq, says Col. Tip Stinnette, commander of the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik. One...

Netherlands and US defense officials formally signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday to engage the Dutch in the production and development stages of the Joint Strike Fighter program. Netherlands, which has been part of the JSF program since 1997, plans...

An Air Force spokesman told the Daily Report yesterday that the service does plan next month to issue its final request for proposals on the aerial refueling aircraft replacement program, dubbed KC-X. Spokesman Don Manuszewski confirmed the December RFP and...

Gen. Tom Hobbins, head of US Air Forces in Europe, is not at all worried that his command has dropped some 600 fighters and nearly 50,000 personnel since the 1990s. The Daily Press of Hampton Roads, Va., reports that, during...

The incoming chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) has launched a push to establish a redeployment schedule that would bring the majority of US forces home from Iraq within the first six months of 2007....

Speaking to reporters about his forthcoming agenda as the head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin said he would not stint in unearthing contractual wrongdoings on Pentagon programs. The long-time Senator from Michigan has been a stalwart proponent...

The ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, who will take the committee helm in January, told reporters Monday that he is ready to take a “fresh look” at Robert Gates, the man the President...

According to a news release from the 726th Air Control Squadron at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, the 726th recently sent more than 40 percent of its airmen to Southwest Asia. The remaining airmen have had to “broaden” their outlook and...

The Pentagon is moving toward some sort of merger of medical forces among the services, but at McGuire AFB, N.J., the process is already in being. Army physical therapists at nearby Ft. Dix have moved to McGuire to work with...

Voice of America reports that the Pentagon has formed an implementation planning team, with some 24 people solely aimed at figuring out how to create an Africa Command and develop security cooperation programs. The participants come from within the Pentagon...

Marine Corps Gen. Michael Hagee has passed the Marine Corps battle flag to the Corp’s new commandant, Gen. James Conway.

Veterans Affairs officials recently awarded 52 grants valued at $11.6 million to assist homeless veterans’ programs across the nation. The funds will go to public, private non-profit, and faith-based groups helping homeless veterans in 25 states and Puerto Rico. The...

Nov. 13, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 13 10 23 CAS/Armed Recon 34 48 82 Airlift 130 130 Air refueling 36 36 Total 47 58 166 271 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance