The Senators from Minnesota got “an assurance” from the Air Force during a May 15 meeting that the Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing at Duluth will trade its Block 25 F-16s for Block 40 Vipers in Fiscal 2013. However,...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed with all or part of 20 out of the 23 National Guard empowerment recommendations made by the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves in its March 1 report to Congress. Commission chairman Arnold...

Air Force officials at Peterson AFB, Colo., have begun exploratory efforts checking out land for expansion, reports the Colorado Springs Gazette. The 1,200-acre base apparently is feeling growing pains, as the home for NORAD, US Northern Command, Air Force Space...

A new software center slated for Robins AFB, Ga., which the Air Force declared vital but had left unfunded may come to fruition after all. The Macon Telegraph reports that the Air Force has asked Congress to let it reprogram...

The New Jersey Air National Guard has said that a flare dropped by one of its F-16 fighters may have caused a fire that had consumed some 12,000 acres as of mid-day Wednesday and forced evacuation of around 2,500 homes...

At Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, officials say base assets are not in jeopardy from wildfires raging over much of the state. Two fires are burning on the base—from causes unrelated to the state’s wildfires—but the 325th Civil Engineer...

President Bush nominated Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute to tackle the role of czar for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Lute currently serves at the Joint Staff director of operations. His actual title would be assistant to the president...

Air Force Materiel Command has activated a provisional Global Logistics Support Center to standup the actual GLSC, whose job will be to “own” the Air Force’s supply chain management process. The provisional headquarters is at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, but the...

The House Armed Services Committee would like to eliminate DOD’s ability to select a contractor to serve as lead system integrators for complex weapons acquisition programs, reports Megan Scully of CongressDaily. Language included in the 2008 defense authorization bill would...

The Army has awarded its Soldier’s Medal to SSgt. Scott White, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist with the 99th Civil Engineering Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev., for his actions in helping to save four soldiers last year in Iraq. During...

Airmen of the on-its-way-into-history 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron recently completed another “new experience,” working for about six months in Egypt to help repair four of the country’s C-130 cargo aircraft, reports Holly Birchfield of Robins AFB, Ga. The 12...

May 14, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 17 12 29 CAS/Armed Recon 50 68 118 Airlift 155 155 Air refueling 46 46 Total 67 80 201 348 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...