Air Force Capt. Kermit O. Evans, 31, of Hollandale, Miss., was killed in the Dec. 3 crash of a Marine Corps CH-46 helicopter in Iraq, announced DOD Tuesday. An Air Force statement said Evans was a civil engineer explosive ordnance...

The Air Force plans to ask for 20 more F-22A Raptors, extending the shut down of the production line from 2011 to 2012, reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Kenneth Miller, the Air Force Secretary’s special assistant for acquisition governance and...

The Air Force’s plan to cut 40,000 people from its ranks greatly affects the Guard and Reserves, said Lt. Gen. John Bradley, Chief of Air Force Reserve. “The Air Force is going to catch some savings by getting rid of...

Lt. Gen. John Bradley, head of Air Force Reserve, doesn’t plan on using 15-day rotations, he said during a seminar in Washington, even though that is the max time available by law short of mobilization. The general explained that Air...

There is a simple way to help answer high-demand C-130 tactical airlifter taskings in Southwest Asia, says Lt. Gen. John Bradley, Air Force Reserve head, and that’s to rotate C-130 crews in the same manner that the reserves now do...

At his confirmation hearing Tuesday to become the next Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee, “Whatever changed approach or strategy we come up with, … we are still going to have to have some level...

Robert Gates told Senators at his confirmation hearing Tuesday unequivocally that the US is not winning in Iraq and that “there clearly were insufficient troops in Iraq after the initial invasion to establish control over the country.” He pledged to...

Responding to the standard long list of advance policy questions provided by the Senate Armed Service Committee, Defense Secretary-nominee Robert Gates shied away from hazarding opinions about specific weapons programs or personnel issues. For instance, he responded to a question...

Air Force, industry, state, and local officials on Tuesday ceremoniously opened the new Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Technology Center near Tinker AFB, Okla. Once fully completed, the MROTC will comprise 17 hangars, including 1.6 million square feet of back-shop, industrial,...

Airmen at Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, set a couple of fuel records this fall, according to the current Ganci Gazette. Airmen of the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants Flight, received a record amount of fuel—some 7.256 million gallons—in October, setting a new monthly record for the main transit facility for operations in Afghanistan. That same month, they also set a one-day delivered record of 356,000 gallons.

Air Force fighter pilot and academic instructor, retired Lt. Col. Lloyd “Boots” Boothby, died Nov. 26, according to a Dec. 5 Air Force news release. Boothby led Project Red Baron at the Tactical Air Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nev.,...

Security Forces airmen deployed to Southwest Asia are finding an invaluable force protection asset in the form of the diminutive Desert Hawk, a small unmanned aerial vehicle that two people launch via a bungee cord and “fly” with a laptop, reports Air Force journalist MSgt. Jason Tudor. Known formally as the Force Protection Airborne Security System, the seven-pound UAV, made of foam plastic, performs day and night local reconnaissance and surveillance missions. Each FPASS comprises six aircraft (five are backups), a ground control station, and an antenna.

House Speaker-designee Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has tapped Rep. Sylvestre Reyes (D- Tex.) to chair the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a statement, Pelosi cited his “impeccable national security credentials” and his long-time service on intelligence and armed services...

Dec. 4, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 18 9 27 CAS/Armed Recon 34 16 50 Airlift 110 110 Air refueling 31 31 Total 52 25 141 218 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance