A Second F-15 Stand-down

According to a news release out of Tyndall AFB, Fla., Air Combat Command has directed a second stand-down of the F-15 fleet—this time, just the A, B, C, and D models. Maj. Gen. Hank Morrow, head of 1st Air Force...

Among Those Other Aircraft

The Canadian Press reports that Canadian CF-18 fighters supplemented USAF aircraft earlier this month by flying NORAD air defense patrols over the Alaskan coast during the first grounding of USAF’s F-15 fleet. (See above.) Those CF-18s have now returned to...

PACAF Filling More Deployments

Pacific Air Forces sent some 6,000 airmen to locations around the world this past year and expects to see its rate of deployments increase by about five to 10 percent next year, reports Stars and Stripes. A PACAF spokesman attributed...

B-1B Engine Tested for Synfuel

Technicians at Arnold Engineering Development Center have begun ground tests on the use of synthetic fuel blend with the B-1B bomber’s F101 engine. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne was on hand at Arnold AFB, Tenn., to see the first series...

Word on CBAT Location in Spring?

Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, on a visit to Arnold AFB, Tenn., one of three potential sites for USAF’s new Common Battlefield Airman Training center, said he expects the environmental impact surveys of all three sites to be completed in...

Cyberwarriors Gather in Louisiana

Besides being a contender for USAF’s new battlefield airman training facility (see above), Barksdale AFB, La., is in line for the service’s new Cyber Command. It now serves as host to the provisional headquarters and, this week, is hosting a...

No Missile Warning Gap?

According to Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute, the US military “faces no near-term gap in its missile-warning capabilities,” despite the fact USAF has just launched the last of the Defense Support Program satellites. Some policymakers are concerned, writes Thompson...

Wurster In, Wooley Out:

Lt. Gen. Donald Wurster on Nov. 27 took command of Air Force Special Operations Command, replacing Lt. Gen. Michael Wooley. Wooley, who took his final flight last week, plans to formally retire Jan. 1. In his remarks following the ceremony,...

A Purple Heart C-17

The Mississippi Air National Guard’s 172nd Airlift Wing has named one of its C-17s “The Spirit of the Purple Heart,” recognizing the US military’s oldest decoration. The airlifter, which, in 2006, flew the one-millionth hour mission for the C-17 fleet,...

Tuskegee Airman Dies:

Retired Maj. Carrol S. Woods died last week at age 88. The Montgomery, Ala., resident was one of the original airmen to train at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama during World War II. He flew with the 99th Fighter Squadron. (Read...

India Will Fly Red Flag:

The government of India has decided to send elements of its air force to Nevada in August 2008 to participate in Red Flag. The US extended an invitation to the Indian Air Force in 2006.

Fuel Starvation Caused F-16 Crash:

An accident investigation board has concluded that failure of a throttle cable led to the March 12 crash of an F-16CJ near the Tonopah Test Range Airfield in Nevada. About 46 minutes into a training flight, the engine remained stuck...