Airman Killed in Iraq:

Another Air Force explosive ordnance specialist has been killed in Iraq. The Pentagon has released the name of SrA. William N. Newman, 23, of Kingston Springs, Tenn., who died of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device during operations June...

USAF Presents First Combat Action Medals:

The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. Michael Moseley, will present the first of the service’s new combat awards during a special public ceremony Tuesday at 8 a.m. at the new Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., just...

Adding More UAV Work at Warner Robins:

The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center at Robins AFB, Ga., will be taking on depot maintenance support for the Air Force’s other prime unmanned aerial vehicles—MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper—in addition to its work on the RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV,...

Full Up at the 94th:

The 94th Fighter Squadron at Langley AFB, Va., has gotten its final new F-22A stealth fighter, taking receipt of Raptor No. 094 on June 5, reports A1C Chase DeMayo. Squadron commander Lt. Col. Kevin Fesler flew 094 to its home...

Wanting More for JPATS:

According to the Air Force’s top acquisition official, Sue Payton, the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System program suffered a Nunn-McCurdy breach—mentioned in the April Selected Acquisition Reports—because USAF and the Navy wanted to add “improved capability to avoid diminishing manufacturing...

Airman Wins Top Photographer Honor, Again:

The Defense Department has named TSgt. Jeremy Lock, with the 1st Combat Camera Squadron at Charleston AFB, S.C., as its Military Photographer of the Year for 2007. It marks the third time Lock has received DOD’s top photographer honor. He...

Another Airman Wins Top Videographer Honor:

TSgt. Gary Burdett from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron at Charleston AFB, S.C., is the Defense Department’s top Military Videographer of the Year for 2007, joining TSgt. Jeremy Lock (see above) in taking the top military photographers honors for the...

Mississippi ANG’s First General Dies:

Retired Maj. Gen. George M. McWilliams, 83, died on June 2 from complications from a stroke. McWilliams was a World War II fighter pilot who “became the first federally recognized Air Force general in the Mississippi Air National Guard,” according...

Drone on UTTR Causes Massive Fire:

A spokesman for the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB, Utah, says that a drone struck the ground hot, sparking a brush fire that started on the Utah Test and Training Range, spreading to Dugway Proving Ground and Bureau of...

Air Sorties in the Global War on Terrorism

June 6, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 13 5 18 CAS/Armed Recon 65 42 107 Airlift 160 160 Air refueling 46 46 Total 78 47 206 331 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...