The Pentagon has confirmed that TSgt. Scott E. Duffman with the 24th Special Tactics Squadron at Pope AFB, N.C., was killed when a CH-47 helicopter on which he was a passenger crashed in Zabul Province in eastern Afghanistan Feb. 18....

All 12 F-22A Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley AFB, Va., are now deployed to Kadena AB, Japan on the island of Okinawa. Two Raptors arrived from their stopover at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, on Feb. 16 and the...

A C-130 aircrew deployed from the 463rd Airlift Wing at Little Rock AFB, Ark., to the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Balad AB, Iraq, performed the first use of the joint precision air drop system over Iraq on Feb. 16....

A quick reaction team from the 53rd Wing and 46th Test Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., installed new solid state recorders on two 494th Fighter Wing F-15E Strike Eagles operating in Southwest Asia to help determine why F-15Es were getting...

The Administration’s 2008 defense budget request includes savings the Pentagon expects to get from raising Tricare fees for military retirees. Yes, this is the same issue Congress shot down—temporarily—last year. Of particular concern to lawmakers now is the presumption that...

Fifty-eight airmen of the 820th RED HORSE civil engineering unit at Nellis AFB, Nev., have deployed to Nicaragua as part of US Southern Command’s New Horizons exercise, during which they will work with other US military members to construct a...

The 309th Software Maintenance Group at the Ogden Air Logistics Center in Utah does not produce graphics-intensive video games, instead the software it produces “runs the ballistics calculations for dropping weapons, handling communications between various units, or providing pilot displays...

The Air Force Academy has investigated 39 cases in the recent cheating incident and has decided that 36 merit further review, according to a Feb. 15 statement. Out of those 36, 24 cadets “have admitted to cheating and 12 have...

Two members of the Arkansas delegation have submitted legislation to “make adequate and equitable benefits” for reservists under the Montgomery GI Bill, according to a joint statement. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) say that despite the...

Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) once again is leading an effort to revise the Internal Revenue Code to permit military and federal civilian retirees to pay health care premiums from pre-tax dollars. Davis, who began this crusade in 106th Congress and...

The Air Force recently asked one of its noncommissioned officers to stand up an expeditionary squadron—no sweat. TSgt. Lisa Bitton, a 13-year veteran, pulled together the makings for a new operations support squadron at Bagram AB, Afghanistan. Bitton deployed to...

Air Force officials at Hill AFB, Utah, have saved nearly $1 million with a decision to eliminate the base decals required on passenger vehicles, according to a USAF news release. The Air Force plans to make it a servicewide change,...

Feb. 14-17, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 63 28 91 CAS/Armed Recon 216 159 375 Airlift 640 640 Air refueling 140 140 Total 279 187 780 1,246 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance