The Air Force efforts to curb use of airmen as in-lieu-of soldiers appears headed in the wrong direction, if a news report by Scott Schonauer of Stars and Stripes is correct. Top leaders have emphasized that the service is trying...

The data for recruiting for the first month of the new fiscal year is good across the board for the Air Force. The active duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve Command all made 100 percent, or better, for...

US-led ground forces called in at least four air strikes to help deal with a large group of insurgents that attacked Afghan and coalition forces on patrol in the southern Uruzgan province on Nov. 14, according to a Combined Joint...

The Air Force reportedly gave the OK for F-15E model fighters to resume flying operations, after grounding the entire F-15 fleet earlier this month following the Nov. 2 crash of an Air National Guard F-15C. The Goldsboro (N.C.) News-Argus reports...

An editorial in the Valdosta Daily Times squarely places blame for the housing privatization debacle at Moody AFB, Ga., that has left base airmen without promised new housing and left subcontractors unpaid. To quote: “The Air Force is not only...

Airmen have found a way to help beat the heat problem that accompanies wear of the Air Force’s new Airman Battle Uniform in hot climates like Southwest Asia—just cut out the interior map pockets. Stars and Stripes reports that alteration...

The marriage of Air Force Reserve Command’s 919th Special Operations Wing with Air Force Special Operations Command’s 1st SOW will unfold during several phases, including the flight training duties reported earlier. An AFRC release explains that, over the next five...

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) writes in The Washington Times in response to an op-ed by Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.) the newspaper published earlier this month that Saxton has the wrong idea about the C-5 fleet. Saxton agrees with the Air...

California’s state fire marshal, Kate Dargan, stated publicly last week that she had “never seen a combined state and federal response like we saw this go-round,” in which US Northern Command played a key role. Sgt. 1st Class Gail Braymen...

Airmen deployed from Holloman AFB, N.M., finished building the Air Force’s largest deployable hangar at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, last week, reports Capt. Michael Meredith. A nine-person team from Holloman’s 49th Material Maintenance Group worked on the 225-foot by 70-foot hangar...

New commercials in the Air Force’s recruiting campaign “Do Something Amazing” feature airmen at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., on the job during the launch of a military communications satellite, reports Florida Today. The commercial is slated to air early next...

An article on “Cape Cod Today” Web site by freelance reporter Jeff Blanchard focuses on one of the Air National Guardsmen who is part of the current Operation Deep Freeze mission, ferrying supplies and personnel at the Antarctica. Blanchard interviewed...

Nov. 12, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 26 7 33 CAS/Armed Recon 45 35 80 Airlift 155 155 Air refueling 44 44 Total 71 42 199 312 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...