In testimony Tuesday before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Gen. John Corley, Vice Chief of Staff, continued to press the case Air Force leaders have hammered in repeated budget hearings—USAF aircraft have sustained excessive wear and tear over...

The Vice Chief of the Air Force, Gen. John Corley, told lawmakers Tuesday afternoon that Air Force readiness has declined by 20 percent since 2001. “We are strained and readiness is at risk,” declared Corley. He attributes much of the...

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway told defense reporters in Washington yesterday that his “fervent desire” is to get the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft deployed to Iraq for the war on terror as soon as possible. “I’ve been in the...

According to Reuters news service, the Air Force has asked the Government Accountability Office to review its decision upholding protests by Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky over the award of the combat search and rescue helicopter replacement program to Boeing. GAO...

North Dakota lawmakers are happy campers following the visit of Gen. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff, to Grand Forks AFB, N.D., on Tuesday and one day later the word that a site review team is on the way. According to...

Another Air Force aeromedical evacuation team responded to an urgent need for direct airlift from Iraq to the US, flying 15 hours to deliver a severely wounded soldier to life-saving medical care stateside. An all-Air National Guard critical care air...

The leader of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Duncan McNabb, flew the active Air Force’s first new C-130J Super Hercules airlifter to Little Rock AFB, Ark., on Tuesday. McNabb, who picked up the new Herk at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Ga., production...

Aircraft maintainers have teamed with operators at Moody AFB, Ga., to conduct what they are calling an “abort court” to determine whether declaration of an aircraft abort was “justifiable or preventable,” says Lt. Col. William Taylor, commander of Moody’s 71st...

The Air Force has taken delivery of the first MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle—the bigger and more powerful brother to the MQ-1 Predator—at Creech AFB, Nev. the commander of the 42nd Attack Squadron, Lt. Col. Jon Greene, piloted the UAV...

Gen. Michael Moseley now has a dedicated Web page where he can let airmen know about issues that keep him “up at night.” The Air Force Chief of Staff calls the new site the “Chief’s Scope” and plans to use...

Northrop Grumman can now begin developing a new satellite communication system for the B-2 bomber that it says will enable the stealth bomber to “send and receive battlefield information up to 100 times faster than today.” A company statement says...

March 12, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 15 9 24 CAS/Armed Recon 48 51 99 Airlift 130 130 Air refueling 36 36 Total 63 60 166 289 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance