The active duty 4th Fighter Squadron, part of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB, Utah, will deploy to Southwest Asia employing—for the first time for the wing—the new Sniper targeting pods on its F-16s. And, the unit’s cohorts—airmen of...

Airmen of the Missouri Air National Guard’s 139th Airlift Wing recently flew passengers and cargo around Greenland to assist the New York ANG’s 109th Airlift Wing—the unit that flies the ski-equipped LC-130s. The nearly weeklong assist marked the first time...

Officials at the Ogden Air Logistics Center in Utah say Boeing will deliver the first of the new A-10 replacement wings in July 2010 under the contract the Air Force recently awarded for 242 wing sets. Developing and awarding this...

According to The Huntsville Times, the Army is still fighting centralized management of unmanned aerial vehicles. However, this time around, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council appears to have sided with the Air Force—at least somewhat. The JROC reportedly agrees that...

Airmen currently deployed to Southwest Asia from Dyess AFB, Tex., to build bombs for the B-1Bs supporting the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing have produced nearly 400 munitions over the past couple of weeks, reports Capt. Teresa Sullivan. They work 24/7...

Georgia lawmakers Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R) and Rep. Jim Marshall (D) came together to ensure the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia got the funding it needs to begin building a new software support facility. Chambliss noted in a...

The Air Force has awarded a Bronze Star Medal to SMSgt. Peter Casiano, assigned to the American Forces Network at Yokota AB, Japan, for his work while deployed to Afghanistan in 2006. Casiano worked with a Provisional Reconstruction Team, serving...

Wayne Sufficool, an RF-4C crew chief during the Vietnam War, has received a Purple Heart for wounds he received in 1968. The former airman’s son and daughter got to witness the presentation ceremony at MacDill AFB, Fla., his last duty...

Canada’s Air Force has just received the first of four C-17 strategic airlifters. CTV.ca reports that air officials had to fight some Canadian politicians, who maintained that the air force could continue to rent airlifters whenever needed. The Canadian Air...

The new law capping the interest rate lenders can charge military personnel begins working on Oct. 1. This is the law Congress passed last year after discovery of what some termed “predatory” lending practices that targeted military members and their...

The Civil Air Patrol is not a static entity, as evidenced by the addition of a new squadron at Socorro, N.M. Formed initially in February with 14 members, the Socorro Composite Squadron now has 25 members. And, it just promoted...

Aug. 10, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 15 8 23 CAS/Armed Recon 50 42 92 Airlift 166 166 Air refueling 49 49 Total 65 50 215 330 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...