The C-17 aircrews at Hickam AFB, Hawaii rarely get to practice their multi-ship airdrop training because the Hickam airlifters are in such demand, reports TSgt. Shane Cuomo. This week the photojournalist got to cover the first four-ship training mission the...

Operators and maintainers from the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB, N.M., the home of the first operational stealth fighter, the F-117, traveled to Langley AFB, Va., the first operational home of the new F-22A stealth fighter to pass on...

The Air Force has just redesignated the 83rd Communications Squadron at Langley AFB, Va., as the 83rd Network Operations Squadron, which are part of the 67th Network Warfare Wing located at Lackland AFB, Tex., reports David Hopper. The wing and...

Making the rounds of traditional and Web media are remarks Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made in New Hampshire earlier this week that criticize the use of airpower in Afghanistan. He said there should be more troops on the...

Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute has just issued a short report on the Transformational Satellite Communications program to “explain why TSAT is the single most important technology initiative undertaken in pursuit of military transformation, and why failure … could...

According to a report by the Detroit Free Press, two high-ranking Michigan Air National Guard officers may have improperly extended their service time as commanders of Selfridge ANGB, Mich., to secure more money in their “federal pensions.” The two officers...

The Space and Missile Systems Center believes the team of SMC, United Launch Alliance, National Reconnaissance Office, and other partners in the investigation a June 15 launch anomaly have developed the corrective actions needed to rule out a repeat problem...

The day is drawing closer when there will be no more T-37 Tweets flying at Columbus AFB, Miss. The Mississippi flying training base’s 41st Flying Training Squadron last week flew its final Tweet sortie, reports A1C Danielle Powell. From now...

Retired Maj. Gen. Doyle E. Larson, the first commander of Electronic Security Command, died Aug. 13 at age 76. The Air Force established ESC, comprising the Air Force Security Service and other assets, as a major command in August 1979;...

Arnold Engineering Development Center dedicated the F-15 it has on display to Maj. James Duricy, the F-15 fighter pilot killed in April 2002 when he had to eject at high speed as his fighter broke apart over the Gulf of...

Air Mobility Command has ramped up training for its four-footed warriors and their human handlers because more and more these airmen are supporting ground forces in Southwest Asia. Maj. Michele Gill reports that AMC has just included its first group...

Aug. 12-13, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 31 22 53 CAS/Armed Recon 112 113 225 Airlift 252 252 Air refueling 115 115 Total 143 135 367 645 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...