The Air Force said Wednesday that it now plans to issue a “draft request for proposal amendment” to the original combat search and rescue helicopter replacement program offerors in May. USAF then plans to meet with each offeror—Boeing, the original...

The Air Force issued long-overdue Distinguished Flying Crosses to nine Army Air Forces airmen in a Capitol Hill ceremony. Gen. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff, presented the medals for the crew’s actions during the July 15, 1944 attack on the...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley says that he believes DOD will return the $880 million it lifted from the Air Force personnel account to support current Army operations. He told defense reporters in Washington April 24 that...

The Air Force has a problem with providing airmen to work outside their specialties, says Gen. Michael Moseley, offering the prime example of an Air Force surgeon who deployed to Southwest Asia only to be told what they really needed...

The Pentagon unveiled a portrait and legacy board April 24 celebrating the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers. At the ceremony, the current Chairman, Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, remarked that...

The Interagency Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes established by President Bush following the clamor over problems with outpatients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has issued its report, concluding that VA and DOD must develop a...

Top Air Force leaders, Secretary Michael Wynne and Gen. Michael Moseley, addressed a gathering of Air Force officials on April 23 to talk about acquisition—the need to sustain acquisition professionals and continue to make improvements, like the “back to basics”...

The California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing loaded three HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and assorted equipment aboard a Russian civilian An-124 heavy transport aircraft for the unit’s deployment to Afghanistan. The Air Force’s C-17 fleet is fully engaged in...

According to a survey by The Gallup Poll, the American public believes that Washington political leaders pay far too little attention to military veterans. They rank them at the bottom of a list of 14 groups or categories, including defense...

The Pentagon announced April 24 that DOD analysts had identified the remains of two airmen missing in action from the Vietnam War: Col. Norman D. Eaton of Weatherford, Okla., and Lt. Col. Paul E. Getchell of Portland, Maine. On Jan....

The Air Force has inactivated the DOD Manned Space Flight Support Office at Patrick AFB, Fla., and shifted the work to a new unit—the Human Space Flight Support—under the 45th Space Wing’s Operations Group at Patrick. A Patrick news release...

April 22, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 17 9 26 CAS/Armed Recon 62 55 117 Airlift 155 155 Air refueling 43 43 Total 79 64 198 341 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...