Come On Cyber Command:

The Pentagon has acknowledged that a computer attack in June struck a computer system in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, but spokesman Bryan Whitman would not confirm recent news reports that pointed a finger toward China. The Financial...

May This One Last So Long:

The 50th Space Wing is the proud owner of a new antenna for its Air Force Satellite Control Network. The $16.1 million Antedo antenna replaces one in New Hampshire decommissioned in 2004 that had lasted for 44 years, some 16...

Win Some, Lose Some:

On the Government Accountability Office’s recent repudiation of the Air Force’s attempt to revisit the combat search and rescue helicopter replacement program, the GAO did not fault the way the service wanted to evaluate operating and support costs. However, it...

All in the Family:

The California Air National Guard’s 222nd Combat Communications Squadron is pulling up stakes at Costa Mesa, Calif., and putting them down at Beale AFB, Calif., some 400 miles to the north. The Daily Pilot reports that the unit, which has...

Last Talon Cs Go to Randolph:

Randolph AFB, Tex., has just received the last two of the Air Force’s upgraded T-38C aircraft. The Air Force began 11 years ago to upgrade the avionics on the nearly 40-year-old trainers, making such dramatic changes to the aircraft’s “brain”...

Way Station Incirlik:

The latest increment of airmen deployed to the 385th Air Expeditionary Group headquartered at Incirlik AB, Turkey, have flown 1,800 sorties for a total of 3,600 hours, hauled 65.6 million pounds of cargo, and off-loaded 21 million pounds of fuel...

ABL Passes Another Key Milestone:

The Airborne Laser program has completed successfully all its low-power phase of testing and demonstrated in flight that it could detect, track, target, and engage an airborne target, according to a statement from the Missile Defense Agency. Air Force Lt....

Patrick Reservists Aid SAR off Puerto Rico:

Air Force Reserve Command’s 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla., dispatched an HC-130P/N to aid the Coast Guard in a search for 31 Dominican migrants over the weekend, reports Capt. Cathleen Snow. The Coast Guard asked for help to...

When There’s Not Enough SF to Go Around:

At Kadena AB, Japan on the island of Okinawa, airmen who are not Security Forces are being trained by the 18th Security Forces Squadron to protect their units. The training comes under a program the Air Force has dubbed Selective...

Air Sorties in the Global War on Terrorism

Sept. 1-2, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 34 18 52 CAS/Armed Recon 128 84 212 Airlift 305 305 Air refueling 105 105 Total 162 102 410 674 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...