US Central Command Air Forces reports that a US Air Force F-16CG crashed about 20 miles northwest of Baghdad this morning. The fighter was supporting ground forces at the time. There is as yet no official word on the cause...

Several news reports indicate the Air Force likely will review its award of the combat search and rescue replacement aircraft award to Boeing. Although there is no definite word from the service, the Government Accountability Office, as we reported in...

Officials at Beale AFB, Calif., say the base has flown its first operational Air Combat Command flight with one of the two RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle’s now assigned to the California base. It was “the first of many...

The Air National Guard has opened its refurbished and upgraded Western Air Defense Sector operations center at McChord AFB, Wash., after an 18-month effort that included installation of some 22 miles of fiber-optic cable and 10 miles of category 5...

Flight test personnel at Edwards AFB, Calif., are following a four-phase test program to “write the book” for landing the new C-17 airlifter on dirt runways—in any shape or consistency, states Air Force journalist TSgt. Eric Grill. The testers have...

The Air Force plans to hold its next force shaping board on March 12 at Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Tex. Targeted are officers in year groups 2003 and 2004. Service officials have said that they plan to cut...

For the past four years, the Air Force has paid command responsibility pay to officers in selected command billets but will now stop the practice as one more cost-saving measure. The service has had the authority to pay CRP for...

Personnel at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, got to break bread—or toast—during breakfast with the President and First Lady when Mr. and Mrs. Bush stopped over in Hawaii on Nov. 21 on their way back from Southeast Asia. In remarks, President Bush...

Col. Duane Lamb received two honors when he accepted a Bronze Star during opening ceremonies for the University of Alabama—his alma mater—and Auburn University football match on Nov. 18. Lamb, who earned his commission through ROTC at Alabama 30 years...

The Pentagon has at least two college students in its employ to aid efforts to recruit defense civilians, reports Government Executive. DOD has one student at Michigan Tech and one at the University of Puerto Rico and expects to add...

Renewed cries from Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) that American needs to reinstate a military draft have fallen flat as far as key Democrats are concerned. Soon-to-be House and Senate majority leaders told reporters they disagree with Rangel. They plan to...

Air Mobility Command chief Gen. Duncan McNabb stopped by Yokota AB, Japan, during a nine-day tour of AMC operations across the Pacific, to say “thank you for the great work” of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron at Yokota. McNabb said:...

Nov. 21-25, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 60 36 96 CAS/Armed Recon 128 190 318 Airlift 535 535 Air refueling 144 144 Total 188 226 679 1,093 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance