Still Don’t Know Where:

Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne earlier this week confirmed his announcement that the provisional headquarters for Cyber Command would stand up at Barksdale AFB, La. However, the final location for the new major command, whose shorthand moniker will be AFCYBER...

Good News:

The Air Force has reversed its decision to cut special pays. Now it believes it can avert “any financial losses to our airmen,” because of revised budget estimates and reductions in the numbers of airmen eligible for the special duty...

60 Minutes of Fire:

The Air Force unleashed a firepower demonstration last week at Nellis AFB, Nev., showing the public—and assorted Capitol Hill staffers—the type of action rarely seen outside a war zone, reports A1C Oleksandra Manko. For more than an hour, airmen on...

“Going Out of Business”:

Those dire words came from Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne in remarks at a Washington think tank gathering this week. He said the Air Force was “going out of business” in industrialist terms because its plan to sacrifice 40,000 bodies...

Homegrown Knockoff:

Iran has rolled out its new indigenous fighter, conducting test flights Sept. 20 of two aircraft that the Islamic Republic News Agency said would join the Iranian Air Force on Saturday. The Associated Press news service reports that Tehran has...

GPS Ground Transition Is Golden:

The 50th Space Wing at Schriever AFB, Colo., completed the transition from the legacy Global Positioning System ground control segment to the new Architecture Evolution Plan ground system last week with no disruption in service to GPS users, reports SSgt....

Down for the Count?:

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this week ruled against Yale Law School in its latest bid to restrict access to the campus by military recruiters because of the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The court reversed...

Boost for Bomber Training:

During the latest Koa Lightning exercise, which featured B-52 bombers flying from Andersen AFB, Guam, to Hawaii, the bomber crews got to drop inert weapons on the Pele Bombing Range. TSgt. Steven Wilson reports that the aircrews received targeting information...

Input and Output:

According to outgoing VA Secretary Jim Nicholson, the backlog of claims by veterans has “bedeviled” him and “many that have come before.” He told members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee this week that in addition to claims from current...

Remember When:

The son of the F-15 pilot who made the first successful anti-satellite shot for the 1985 Celestial Eagle Flight got to fly his father's F-15, which now belongs to the Florida Air National Guard's 125th Fighter Wing. SrA. Erik Hofmeyer reports that Air Guardsman SSgt. Aaron Harley, with the 125th FW's Det. 1 at Homestead ARB, Fla., was the inspiration for this historic remembrance flight. The 1985 Eagle pilot is now-retired Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson. His son is active duty F-15 pilot, Capt. Todd Pearson, stationed at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

Weather Agency Remake Is Done:

The Air Force on Sept. 19 activated the 2nd Weather Group at Offutt AFB, Neb., where it became part of the Air Force Weather Agency, joining the 1st WXG, activated last year. G.A. Volb reports that the new group, which...

Air Sorties in the Global War on Terrorism

Sept. 18, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 17 8 25 CAS/Armed Recon 63 44 107 Airlift 180 180 Air refueling 53 53 Total 80 52 233 365 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...