Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England has started an “extensive review” of the C-5 modernization program, which USAF has just cited for a Nunn-McCurdy breach. Megan Scully of CongressDaily reports that a letter England sent to lawmakers also questions whether a...

There have been three separate studies into the question of how many new F-22A fighters the Air Force should buy. The Air Force has long maintained that it must have 381 to outfit its 10 expeditionary forces and have enough...

The House Armed Services Committee wants DOD to conduct a new roles and missions scrub, because it sees mission creep and duplication evident in areas such as tactical airlift and unmanned aerial vehicles. Meanwhile some lawmakers are bent on using...

Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.) criticizes a recent Washington Post article on the Air Force’s airlift situation, writing in a letter to that newspaper that the Congressional effort to procure additional C-17s is “not an attempt to resurrect a ‘pet project.’...

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.), reports the Houston Chronicle, is working with other lawmakers to form a Blue Ribbon Panel to address the nation’s cyber threat,. McCaul is ranking member of the emerging threats and cyber security panel of the Committee...

According to a report by KATV, the Air Force hopes to secure a new developer “soon” to complete a “scaled-back” version of the housing project at Little Rock AFB, Ark. Little Rock is one of the bases that was under...

Maj. Gen. Michael Worden, commander of the Air Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nev., told the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce that Nellis is under attack from surrounding development, reports KREN. The same is true for Air Force bases...

An F-16 pilot with the 510th Fighter Squadron at Aviano AB, Italy, received a Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in providing close air support to ground forces in Iraq, and his father pinned on the medal. Maj. Gen. Michael...

The Air Force has awarded the Bronze Star Medal to 11 airmen, 10 who recently completed six-month tours in the same unit in Iraq and the 11th to an officer at Robins AFB, Ga., for his work in Iraq. The...

Pacific Air Forces has dispatched six F-16s from the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan AB, South Korea, to participate in Commando Sling 2008, operating out of Paya Lebar AB, Singapore. The exercise runs through Nov. 16.

Ogden Air Logistics Center technicians with the 574th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah, have won the Shingo Silver Medallion for 2007 in the public sector category. Bill Orndorff reports that the squadron received the award for its innovative...

Airmen deployed to support United Nations-African Union operations in Darfur took some time to visit an orphanage in Rwanda. The airmen, from Ramstein AB, Germany, and Charleston AFB, S.C., took coloring books, soccer balls, tennis shoes, and other donations, generating...

Col. Laro Clark, vice wing commander for the 47th Flying Training Wing at Laughlin AFB, Tex., recently completed 2,000 flying hours in the T-38. He also has more than 2,000 flying hours in the F-15, reports Capt. Ken Hall.

Oct. 28, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 22 8 30 CAS/Armed Recon 66 35 101 Airlift 125 125 Air refueling 40 40 Total 88 43 165 296 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...