A senior officer at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia has told Gene Rector of The Telegraph that the center’s analysis of the F-15 that crashed Nov. 2 and at least two other C models shows a “manufacturing discontinuity”...
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems president, James Albaugh, says that he expects to see an order for additional C-17s from USAF in the 2008 war supplemental. In late October, Boeing declared, again, that it would keep the C-17 production line going...
The boss of the Air Force’s only E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft flying wing, Brig. Gen. Lori Robinson, believes the AWACS platform is “in charge of the entire theater.” She was talking last week with members of Electronic...
US Air Forces in Europe has worked with German officials to change business practices in the huge Kaiserslautern Military Community Center project to get the “slowed” effort back on track, according to a USAFE release, which also noted that an...
USAF explosive ordnance disposal technicians helped save a girls school in Afghanistan from two bombs allegedly planted by Taliban forces. Les Neuhaus of Stars and Stripes reports that US and Afghan ground forces found the bombs and called in the...
On Nov. 30, Gen. Paul Hester relinquished command of Pacific Air Forces to Gen. Howie Chandler. Hester is to formally retire from the Air Force after some 36 years of service on Jan. 1, 2008. Chandler is a 1974 Air...
The Air Force and Boeing has demonstrated the ability to release munitions from an aircraft weapons bay while the aircraft flies at high supersonic speeds. According to a Boeing release, during a recent test at the High-Speed Test Track at...
The Air Force has awarded a bronze star medal to Lt. Col. Doug Melancon for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan to support the US Army’s 4th Brigade as an electronic warfare officer on Joint Task Force Paladin, reports the...
The Pentagon has identified remains belonging to two pilots—Maj. Robert F. Woods of Salt Lake City, and Capt. Johnnie C. Cornelius of Maricopa County, Ariz.—declared missing during the Vietnam War, when their O-2A aircraft crashed during a reconnaissance mission on...
US Joint Forces Command last week undertook some virtual training for US and international partners in Orlando, Fla., using some of the latest simulation technology. The event also included industry representatives to enable the US and international military participants to...
Nov. 29, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 28 7 35 CAS/Armed Recon 43 39 82 Airlift 129 129 Air refueling 42 42 Total 71 46 171 288 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...