Retired Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Gary Pfingston died June 23 from cancer. He was 67. Pfingston was the 10th person to hold the highest enlisted position in the Air Force, serving as the top chief from August...

The Pentagon released the name of an airman killed in Iraq June 23 from the effects of an improvised explosive device. He was A1C Jason D. Nathan, 22, of Macon, Ga., deployed to Iraq from the 48th Security Forces Squadron,...

Air University plans to restructure its staff and apply the savings—money and personnel—toward creation of a new independent research institute that will supplement the newly revitalized Checkmate. The new AU entity will be called the Air University Research Institute, and...

Officials at MacDill AFB, Fla., are predicting that the construction boom at the home of US Central Command, US Special Operations Command, and Air Mobility Command’s 6th Air Mobility Wing will see the “biggest spurt of growth” next fiscal year....

The Delaware Air National Guard’s 166th Airlift Wing has just passed 44 years without having a flying mishap. TSgt. Mike Smith with the National Guard Bureau reports that the wing has flown 166,000 accident-free flying hours, while operating the C-97...

The Air Force has decided to waive repayment of a portion of GI Bill education benefits for those reservists that cannot find a new slot when their units close under BRAC 2005. The part about not having to repay is...

Northrop Grumman says it has tested an enhanced targeting capability on a Joint STARS test aircraft, on which crews demonstrated “precision and long-term tracking of maritime targets.” Testers also used a current standard off-the-shelf server, integrating it into the aircraft’s...

Officials at Hill AFB, Utah, have decided the base must clean up six areas near base housing units that could contain polychlorinated biphenyls, according to the Associated Press news service. Reports of possible PCB contamination surfaced earlier this year when...

Boeing’s Orbital Express spacecraft has conducted a “fully autonomous fly-around-and-capture of its NextSat client spacecraft.” In April the company’s Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations servicing spacecraft demonstrated the ability to transfer propellant and a battery from one spacecraft to another....

June 21-22, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 32 20 52 CAS/Armed Recon 136 94 230 Airlift 313 313 Air refueling 119 119 Total 168 114 432 714 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...