The state of Washington now has an agreement with the Air Force that will provide KC-135 tankers for the Air National Guard’s 141st Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base on a routine basis for training and whenever needed...

The Government Accountability Office has rejected the protest lodged by the losing Joint Cargo Aircraft team—Raytheon and EADS North America. Earlier this year, the Army and Air Force awarded the JCA contract to the L-3-led team’s C-27 Spartan. In a...

Sen. Frank Lautenberg and Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrats are sponsoring an amendment to the 2008 defense authorization bill that would address safety concerns at the Warren Grove military training range following the fire sparked by a flare from...

The 522 Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, which has been deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, from Cannon AFB, N.M. as part of the Air Force’s regular rotation of fighters and bombers to the Pacific region, took the opportunity to engage in rapid...

Air Education and Training Command has established a site activation task force to oversee the establishment of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training mission at Eglin AFB, Fla., reports Lois Walsh. The Air Force announced last year that Eglin would...

Maintenance technicians at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia have worked with Boeing to acquire two maintenance platforms that will enable them to work under the wings of the C-17 airlifters more safely and more effectively, reports Amanda...

The Senate has confirmed Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton to take control of US Strategic Command, just one day after his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The President nominated Chilton, who currently heads Air Force Space Command,...

The Pentagon has identified the remains of 1st Lt. James W. Blose, of Sharpsville, Pa., whose P-39D Airacobra disappeared April 22, 1942 after encountering bad weather soon after takeoff from Fiji on an airborne alert mission. He and fellow pilot...

The Pennsylvania Air National Guard has put one of the EC-130E Commando Solo aircraft of the 193rd Special Operations Wing on static display at Ft. Indiantown Gap, commemorating the event in a special ceremony last week, reports The Patriot-News. This...

An HC-130P and two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters with pararescuemen from the 23rd Wing at Moody AFB, Ga., last week rescued an individual from the Gulf of Mexico, 60 miles off the Florida coast. The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center...

The head of the Air Force Reserve, Lt. Gen. John Bradley now can claim a feat rarely accomplished by career fighter pilots, he has accumulated 7,000 flying hours. An Air Force Reserve Command release says Bradley’s feat is nearly twice...

Sept. 26-27, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 35 19 54 CAS/Armed Recon 134 82 216 Airlift 280 280 Air refueling 94 94 Total 169 101 374 644 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...