After explaining a litany of modernization problems (read his written testimony) to the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said his service is “OK, for tonight and tomorrow.” However, what most worries him, he said, is...

At a special House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday to review Air Force strategic initiatives, panel chairman Ike Skelton (R-Mo.) reminded panel members that USAF has been engaged in Iraq-related operations for 17 years, but he maintained that the “strain...

The Air Force reportedly is going to delay making a decision in the KC-X tanker replacement program until the end of February. Service officials had been shooting for a contract award at the end of this year, but just last...

The Air Force will choose a winner in its CSAR-X competition in February, service Secretary Michael Wynne told the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday. (UPDATE: Since then USAF officials have indicated it would be summer 2008 before the service makes...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley says he would keep the Joint Cargo Aircraft program on schedule—the Army schedule—should USAF be given sole control over the program and fixed-wing tactical airlift, reports Roxana Tiron of The Hill. Lawmakers...

The Air Force has seen a spike in F-16 Class A accidents during the current fiscal year, but there hasn’t been a “common thread” or problem relating them, Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley told the House Armed Services Committee...

The new Air Force Cyber Command will be run by networks and will not be a traditional major command, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said Wednesday during testimony before the House Armed Services Committee. Wynne said that the provisional Cyber...

Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Force Reserve Command leaders met last week to discuss a new arrangement for AFRC’s 919th Special Operations Wing that should provide some relief for Reservists who have “stepped up to the plate” for...

In a brief interview with the Montgomery Advertiser, Maj. Gen. Allen Peck, head of the Air Force Doctrine Development and Education Center, enumerated some of the other work airmen—active and reserve—are doing to support the war on terror. In his...

The six Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped aircraft sent by Air Forces Northern to aid efforts to combat the California wildfires were ready to fly missions Wednesday, according to US Northern Command. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, NORTHCOM boss, told...

The 45th Space Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla., aided NASA on the launch of the space shuttle Discovery Tuesday by providing weather forecasts, helping to organize and train DOD contingency response forces, and tracking the shuttle’s trajectory using radar and...

Air Force Reserve Command airmen are building—and tearing down—an Expeditionary Medical Support +25 Theater Hospital facility at Kunsan AB, South Korea. SSgt. Alice Moore reports that more than 60 airmen came from the 944th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB, Ariz.,...

Oct. 22, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 21 10 31 CAS/Armed Recon 51 31 82 Airlift 140 140 Air refueling 40 40 Total 72 41 180 293 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...