There were hints during a House Armed Services Committee hearing earlier this week that Senate and House defense authorization bill conferees were having trouble reaching agreement on a fee-for-service aerial refueling pilot program provision. As Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) put...

In addition to the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command Modular Airborne Firefighting System-equipped aircraft sent to help battle California wildfires, the Air Force is providing airlift, aircraft command and control, and medical evacuation assistance. The 97th Air...

Gen. Robert Kehler has taken command of Air Force Space Command, headquartered at Peterson AFB, Colo. Kehler, who last served as deputy commander at US Strategic Command, replaced Gen. Kevin Chilton, who officially became STRATCOM commander on Oct. 3. Kehler...

Lockheed Martin has presented the Air Force with an unsolicited offer for a multi-year purchase of 120 additional new C-130Js that would enable the company to extend its production line well beyond its planned 2010 shut down, reports Roxana Tiron...

The Air Force is promoting “One Materiel Enterprise” as a means by which it can overcome weapon-system acquisition challenges, reports JoAnne Rumple. Air Force acquisition leader Sue Payton and Air Force Materiel Command boss Gen. Bruce Carlson explained recently at...

Airmen at RAF Mildenhall, England, have been dismantling the five MH-53M Pave Low helicopters that are destined for the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. The former 21st Special Operations Squadron helicopters took their last flights...

Despite a rise in F-16 crashes this past fiscal year, the commander of the Montana Air National Guard’s 120th Fighter Wing, Col. Mike McDonald, believes the F-16 has “an excellent safety record given the demanding missions in which it is...

According to the latest demographics from the Air Force, the active-duty service comprises 65,722 officers and 263,372 enlisted personnel. There are 13,065 pilots, 4,234 navigators, and 1,262 air battle managers in the rank of lieutenant colonel and below. Women make...

Some 72 airmen from Hill AFB, Utah—volunteers all—hiked up a 9,000-foot mountain peak along the Utah-Nevada border to recover pieces of an F-4 fighter that crashed in the Deep Creek Mountains almost 30 years ago. The Confederated Tribes of the...

Oct. 23, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 17 11 28 CAS/Armed Recon 49 31 80 Airlift 139 139 Air refueling 39 39 Total 66 42 178 286 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...