Pacific Air Forces boss Gen. Paul Hester said in a teleconference this week that his recent end-of-July trip to China included a visit to a relatively new Peoples Liberation Army Air Force base that flies advanced Su-27 fighters. Hester said...

In case you missed the follow-up reports, Gen. Paul Hester, who heads Pacific Air Forces, confirmed that the widely reported Russian claims that its aircraft buzzed Guam last week were exaggerated. The Russian bombers only approached within about 300 miles...

Cubic Corp. will be working under a $15.6 million contract to provide its new P5 Combat Training System to restore live instrumented air combat training at the Air National Guard’s Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the center’s...

According to Wichita’s TV7 News, Sheppard AFB, Tex., has received the last of the modified T-38 trainers the Air Force expects to acquire. Don’t be misled by the total number, though. The last tally we received from the Air Force...

The full US Court of Appeals sided with DOD and against the unions over the issue of collective bargaining rights in the new National Security Personnel System. A three-judge panel favored DOD in May, but the coalition of unions appealed...

The Pentagon has awarded a $10.3 million one-year contract to Northrop Grumman to deploy and maintain a system that will enable DOD and VA to “seamlessly share patient information,” according to a Northrop release. Lawmakers have been imploring the two...

The Enid News and Eagle reports that Vance AFB, Okla., has the second busiest airfield in the Air Force and one of the lowest flying safety mishap records. According to the Enid, Okla. Newspaper, the 71st Flying Training Wing flies...

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) told The Leader last week that the Air Force wants to find a new developer for the privatized housing program at Little Rock AFB, Ark. The base had to stop work by American Eagle, which is...

Some 19 airmen and soldiers deployed to the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan hiked for four hours into the mountainous region to deliver medical and humanitarian aid to residents of Roydara village. While in the village, they ran medical...

The Air Force Reserve Command’s “Hurricane Hunters” from Keesler AFB, Miss., are in Hawaii tracking Hurricane Flossie. The Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that the specially configured WC-130Js from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron have flown several six-hour missions within the...

Aug. 11, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 14 6 20 CAS/Armed Recon 46 42 88 Airlift 131 131 Air refueling 49 49 Total 60 48 180 288 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...