Beale Marks a UAV First:

The airmen working with the high-flying Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle at Beale AFB, Calif., last week carried out their first operational mission from Beale. The 9th Reconnaissance Wing airmen deployed the UAV to Andersen AFB, Guam, for the first...

Money Up Front:

The latest news about the states vying for the Air Force’s new Cyber Command includes a Nebraska effort to purchase 135 acres south of Offutt Air Force Base outside Omaha and a letter-writing campaign launched by California residents near Beale...

Travis Takes Top Rodeo Award:

Air Mobility Command has named the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis AFB, Calif., as the Best Air Mobility Team for the 2007 Rodeo competition. Team Travis also took “best” team honors for airland, tanker, KC-10, C-17, C-5, and best...

A-10 Pilot Receives DFC:

The Air Force has awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross to A-10 pilot Maj. Keith Wolak, who participated in the 2005 combat-search-and-rescue effort to retrieve a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan, reports the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. Wolak, who currently serves as assistant...

Short-Notice to Red Flag:

The 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., became the lead wing for the latest Red Flag-Alaska with just one month’s notice. The original wing had to drop out, reports SSgt. Shawn Jones, at almost the last minute because...

Needs More Work:

The House Armed Services Committee has alerted the Administration that it wants to form a special commission to examine the US strategic posture, “particularly regarding nuclear weapons policy.” Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), committee chairman, and Rep. Ellen Taushcer (D-Calif.), head...

Blame the Pilot for Jersey Fire:

An Air Force accident investigation board has concluded that a New Jersey Air National Guard F-16 pilot did spark the May 15 fire that set off a blaze in the Warren Grove Training Range and ultimately burned more than 17,000...

It’s Still Mighty Expensive:

The Congressional Budget Office recently released a new report outlining pros and cons over the sea basing efforts the Navy and Marine Corps have been working for a number of years. While the Defense Science Board has advocated sea basing...

Let’s Drill Together:

The Air National Guard unit to become the first “reserve associate” will have an initial cadre of airmen begin work next month with an Air Force Reserve Command unit at Tinker AFB, Okla., reports Reservist Lt. Col. Rich Curry. Already...

Threatener Was Hill Employee:

The man arrested last week for allegedly threatening to blow up Hill AFB, Utah, had worked at the base as a civilian mechanic for six years, reports The Salt Lake Tribune. The defense attorney for William Jeffrey Stiffler, who is...

Air Sorties in the Global War on Terrorism

July 25-26, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 33 24 57 CAS/Armed Recon 101 93 194 Airlift 299 299 Air refueling 104 104 Total 134 117 403 654 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...