SSgt. John T. Self, 29, of Pontotoc, Miss., was killed May 14 in Iraq, the Pentagon said yesterday. Three other airmen, whose names have not been released, were wounded by the improvised explosive device that killed Self in southern Baghdad....

The Air Force has moved forward on its plan to reinvent the Air Intelligence Agency under the expanded Air Staff A2, now covering all intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance matters. The Air Force revealed the plan to change the signals-intelligence-focused AIA into the Air...

The folks in Bossier City and Bossier Parish around Barksdale AFB, La., plan to direct $50 million toward a venture to create an Innovation Business Park that they hope would “draw businesses and other interests” to support USAF’s new Cyber...

With its expansion to Cannon AFB, N.M., Air Force Special Operations Command may want to move its two forward-based units—the 352nd Special Operations Group at RAF Mildenhall, Britain, and 353rd SOG at Kadena AB, Japan—to Cannon. AFSOC takes over ownership...

The F-22A Raptors transiting Hickam AFB, Hawaii, on their return to Langley AFB, Va., from deployment to Okinawa caused a few Honolulu residents to complain that the fighters were too loud, reports the Honolulu Advertiser. The Raptors took off around...

US Air Force and Japanese Self Defense Force officials formally signed a memorandum of understanding May 15 to start the shift of Japan’s Air Defense Headquarters to Yokota Air Base. US and Japanese officials announced the move in November 2005...

The Japanese parliament on Tuesday passed a measure that would extend the use of Japan Air Defense Force assets to haul cargo and personnel in Iraq, reports Reuters news service. Japanese military air elements have aided coalition operations in Iraq...

The first unit to fly a “sustained F-15E mission” from Bagram AB, Afghanistan, are returning to their home base at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. SSgt. Craig Seals reports that the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron flew more than 1,000 combat sorties...

The Air Force plans to field-test its proposed replacement for the blue service dress uniform this summer “if the funding comes through,” Air Force spokesman Capt. Tom Wenz told the Daily Report Tuesday. The Air Force’s top enlisted man, CMSAF Rodney McKinley, issued an “Enlisted Perspective” May 14 on the subject, writing, “The proposed heritage jacket will give us a uniform with more historical significance, better functionality, and, more importantly, will embody the warrior spirit that defines us as airmen serving in the profession of arms.” Service officials have been working on the new uniform for a year, gaining inspiration from uniforms worn in the days of Air Force legends Hap Arnold and Billy Mitchell. Last month, Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley told airmen at Goodfellow AFB, Tex., that the service had taken comments from airmen and deliberately not rushed the process to ensure “what gets out to all of you is what you really want.”

Air Force aircraft maintainers at Bagram AB, Afghanistan are lending the kind of in-lieu-of support envisioned by Air Force leaders—they are helping Army and Navy maintainers with aircraft repairs. Airmen of the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron started out loaning tools...

The 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, La., is sending B-52s from its 20th Bomb Squadron to replace BUFFs from its 96th BS that have been deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, reports The Shreveport Times. The 96th force of B-52s...

May 13, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 15 11 26 CAS/Armed Recon 53 47 100 Airlift 150 150 Air refueling 47 47 Total 68 58 197 323 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...