Ken Krieg, Pentagon acquisition guru, says that when Air Force and Pentagon officials looked at the combat search and rescue helicopter replacement program, “what was clear about CSAR-X was the need to hold schedule” because “the legacy aircraft were aging...

The Air Force chose Boeing’s HH-47 to replace its current combat search and rescue helicopter because it is a variant of the company’s combat proven Chinook and because Boeing said it could meet USAF’s aggressive schedule. At the time, USAF...

The Government Accountability Office, in a just released report, is recommending that the Pentagon further stretch out production of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Congressional watchdog agency believes that would enable testing to catch up with production and ultimately...

Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz, commander of US Transportation Command, told coalition forces at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, last week that the kind of fight going on in Operation Enduring Freedom “cannot be effectively prosecuted from main operating bases.” Schwartz explained...

Air Force Space Command has decided that Global Positioning System Satellite Vehicle Number 15 has finally succumb to old age—after serving for more than twice its expected lifespan. USAF launched SVN-15 on Oct. 1, 1990, with a life expectancy of...

President Bush on Friday met with his Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors, saying that he would “support their work and will address the problems that they find.” Bush created the commission, chaired by former Sen. Bob Dole...

Pacific Air Force’s 3rd Medical Group at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, over the past year has worked to ensure that Alaskan soldiers and airmen injured in the war on terror get back to Alaska for their continued medical treatment, reports journalist...

Air Force Reserve Command’s 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla., has provided air rescue at home and deployed to the world’s hot spots for more than 50 years. AFRC historian James D’Angina reports that the wing’s 301st Air Rescue...

Adm. William Fallon became the new commander of US Central Command at a Friday ceremony at MacDill AFB, Fla. (Fallon had just relinquished command of US Pacific Command.) He has replaced Army Gen. John Abizaid, who led CENTCOM for more...

According to the Government Accountability Office, Veterans Affairs has taken steps to improve its delivery of services to veterans even though, as we reported earlier, it actually has “lost ground” since 2003. The VA plans to increase by at least...

Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, in a new Letter to Airmen, exhorts airmen to take “advantage of every opportunity to increase” their knowledge so they can “develop and exploit new technologies and tactics.” He uses the term “knowledge-enabled airmen” to describe generations of innovative airmen who continued to learn throughout their careers.

March 14, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 13 10 23 CAS/Armed Recon 48 31 79 Airlift 145 145 Air refueling 40 40 Total 61 41 185 287 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance