The Air Force on Friday afternoon said it would “reopen discussions with offerors and request revised proposals” for the combat search and rescue helicopter replacement program. According to Air Force spokesperson Brig. Gen. Michelle Johnson, the Government Accountability Office has...

The head of the National Guard Bureau, Army Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, and leader of the Air National Guard, Lt. Gen. Craig McKinley say the Air Guard’s readiness to conduct its state missions has degraded. Blum told lawmakers at a...

Prompted by Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) to explain what is meant by the forthcoming “Air Guard reset,” Lt. Gen. Craig McKinley, ANG director, noted that “it’s a term we’ve never used before in the Air National Guard.” He went on...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley said late last week at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing that the service “will have much better fidelity” about Air Force requirements by “the end of this year and into 2008” in...

Airmen in Afghanistan continue to replenish ammunition and other critical supplies to coalition ground forces engaging Taliban fighters, delivering the supplies on the money but from higher altitudes to keep the airlift aircraft out of harm’s way. The key is...

Airmen now are being trained to use dropsondes to collect weather data to help improve the accuracy of supply drops from high altitude. Air Force Reserve Command “Hurricane Hunters” have used dropsonde technology for years to help collect data on...

Air Force Special Operations Command turned its safety record on end last year, taking Air Force honors for having the best major command safety record, most effective major command-level flight safety program, and best ground safety program. In 2005 the...

The Air Force has taken a “manageable risk” in its military construction account for 2008, Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley said March 29 before the House Appropriations panel charged with milcon oversight. He explained that the Administration’s 2008 budget...

The Air Force is concerned that moves toward joint basing could impinge upon its unique operational environment in which a base is the service’s “fighting position.” Gen. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff, told a House Appropriations panel last week that...

The Air Force has dispatched elements of the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker AFB, Okla., to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, for the first time in four years. On the unit’s last deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom, reports...

The Air Force has some 200 airmen deployed to the Camp Lemonier in Djibouti, Africa, to support US Central Command’s Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa mission to prevent conflict and promote regional stability. The Air Force contingent last week got...

March 27, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 15 7 22 CAS/Armed Recon 52 37 89 Airlift 136 136 Air refueling 40 40 Total 67 44 176 287 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance