The Air Force has formally released Amendment 5 to its request for proposals on the combat search and rescue helicopter replacement program. It released a draft version in October to provide an opportunity for “face-to-face meetings” to ensure “mutual understanding”...

Military space leaders are putting the preponderance of their efforts into seamlessly integrating space into all other defense functions, particularly in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. So said top USAF and defense officers at AFA’s National Symposium on Space in Los...

The Air Force is on a “crawl, walk, run” continuum when it comes to developing a capability to quickly put satellites in orbit, either to replace silenced satellites or to loft special-purpose birds quickly, Air Force Space Command chief Gen....

Despite Russia’s recent resumption of long-range bomber operations and an aggressive ICBM modernization program, there’s no need to rethink the size or posture of US nuclear forces just now, according to US Strategic Command chief Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton....

The technological parts that would make two-stage-to-orbit launch a reality are all probably “in hand” already, and it is a matter of system engineering to bring them all together, Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel, head of the Space and Missile Systems...

An Air Force release late last week confirms that the service has decided its E model F-15s can return to flight, following a 13-hour inspection of hydraulics and structural elements. TSgt. Russell Wicke reports that Air Combat Command chief Gen....

An accident investigation board has found that the cause of the May 30 crash of another Missouri Air National Guard F-15 was a jammed aileron rudder interconnect crossover cable, according to Associated Press (report via The Kansas City Star). The...

Maintainers tending an F-16 of the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing failed to properly torque bolts connecting a fuel line to the main fuel control unit, resulting in the crash of the fighter on Jan. 19, according to...

A new report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that a new strain of adenovirus serotype resulted in the death of one basic trainee at Lackland AFB, Tex., and sickened another 106 from February through June. (The...

The Air Force Global Cyberspace Integration Center at Langley AFB, Va., led the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2008’s first quarter event, which ended Friday, reports Capt. Larry van der Oord. The center was looking for gaps in military capability, working...

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told a Senate panel Thursday that the US space agency is falling behind Russia and China. NASA plans to retire the space shuttle in fall 2010, leaving the US without a means to put astronauts into...

Nov. 14-15, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 52 17 69 CAS/Armed Recon 87 95 182 Airlift 306 306 Air refueling 88 88 Total 139 112 394 645 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...