Retired Air National Guard Brig. Gen. David Lee “Tex” Hill died Oct. 11 at age 92 at his home in San Antonio. Born to missionary parents in Korea on July 13, 1915, Hill grew up in San Antonio, attending a...

An Air Force-industry team launched the first of the new advanced communication satellites, the Wideband Global SATCOM, at 8:22 pm on Oct. 10. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V boosted the WGS into orbit from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. The...

A report by Thom Shanker of The New York Times indicates that the Marine Corps has proposed shifting marines to Afghanistan and leaving Iraq to the Army. Some officials of both services believe this would reduce the strain on their...

The Air Force said Thursday afternoon that it is flying its new hunter-killer unmanned aerial vehicle, the MQ-9 Reaper, in Southwest Asia. The UAV has completed 12 close air support and ISR missions since it began flying in Afghanistan on...

The Air Force hasn’t made a public announcement on the specific locations for its five new regional contracting centers, but an Oct. 10 release explains the background for a “fundamental transformation of the installation acquisition organizational structure.” Maj. Gen. Tom...

The Congressional Budget Office questions whether a DOD proposal to guarantee a greater share of flights for the Air Force’s Civil Reserve Air Fleet program once the war on terror surge dies down is really necessary. DOD worries that once...

Responsibility for keeping 30,000 people safe in Baghdad’s international zone is in the hands of some 45 security forces airmen, reports SSgt. Markus Maier. Deployed from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., Lackland AFB, Tex., RAF Mildenhall, England, and Ramstein AFB, Germany,...

Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton has taken command of US Strategic Command. The official date was Oct. 3, but there was no ceremony. A STRATCOM release says, “A ceremony recognizing the assumption of command is expected to follow in the...

The elite airmen known as Ravens specially trained to protect the crews and aircraft of Air Mobility Command as they fly to hot spots around the world were the subject of an article by James Scott of The Post and...

Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne's latest letter to airmen praises their work and support for the service's recapitalization efforts, which, he writes, "are bearing fruit, but not at a rate that satisfies me." Wynne notes that the goal of recapitalizing the aging fleet while maintaining a suitable quality of life for airmen, winning the war on terror, and sustaining Air Force air and space power remains at the mercy of "a future we cannot always control." Taking a swipe at budgeteers, he points out that it takes "the national will to have a well-equipped Air Force," and he reminds Congress that USAF "must be allowed to acquire and retire our equipment whether in air, space, missiles, or cyberspace."

A recent symposium hosted by Air University’s National Space Studies Center highlighted a widespread perception among space experts, educators, and lawmakers that the general public and many military personnel do not appreciate our dependence on space, reports AU’s Carl Bergquist....

There are now five new C-17 airlifters at Dover AFB, Del., allowing the base to provide two aircraft and two aircrews ready for real-world mobility taskings at any time, reports TSgt. Kevin Wallace. With the arrival of the fourth C-17...

Air Force officials discussing the service’s energy strategy and potential energy-generating projects during a recent forum in Ontario, Calif., said they plan to lease underutilized property for energy development projects by private industry, reports Eduardo Salinas of the Air Force’s...

Oct. 10, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 18 10 28 CAS/Armed Recon 66 43 109 Airlift 146 146 Air refueling 47 47 Total 84 53 193 330 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...