A New Level of Support
The Air Force activated the 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing on Jan. 25 at Moody AFB, Ga. The unit, the first of its kind in USAF, is meant to streamline how the Air Force organizes, trains, equips, and employs battlefield...
Unanticipated Homecoming
The US military is preparing for the eventuality that the doomed US intelligence satellite that is expected to fall to Earth in the next month or so hits North America. An Associated Press report cites Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart,...
Pouncing on the Bird of Prey
Guess what, folks? As if we haven’t heard this point of view ad nauseum before: the F-22 isn’t needed and continues to be an immense waste of money because al Qaeda and the Taliban have no air forces. So argue...
Sky Referees
An alert detachment of F-16s from the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Fighter Wing will patrol the skies over the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale on Feb. 3 during Super Bowl XLII. “We won’t be as visible to people...
Voluntary Separations Save the Day
There are nearly 800 lieutenants in the 2005 year group that can rest easier now because the Air Force received enough volunteers to separate to forestall force-marching some of them out the door. The Air Force had planned to hold...
Taking a Closer Look
The latest block of the MQ-1 unmanned aerial vehicle, dubbed the MQ-1C, is now heading into flight-testing, according to a senior Air Force official. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is developing the MQ-1C for the Army under the Warrior UAV program...
Five Earn Bronze Stars
The Air Force has awarded Bronze Star medals to five airmen at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, for their meritorious service while deployed to Southwest Asia. Maj. Matthew Boschert with the 366th Security Forces Squadron, served as provost marshal for the...
Joining the Elites
Lt. Col. Scott Purdie, an F-15E pilot with the 334th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., eclipsed 3,000 hours in the cockpit of the Strike Eagle on Jan. 18. He is only the 20th F-15E pilot to reach this...
The Years Keep Rolling:
Two Air Force civilians have racked up impressive records, serving a total of 117 years in federal service—so far. Bettye Krieter started with the VA in 1948, but switched to the Air Force in 1953 after the Korean War, for...
Air Sorties in the Global War on Terrorism
Jan. 28, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 24 10 34 703 CAS/Armed Recon 51 40 91 2,336 Airlift 133 133 3,419 Air refueling 41 41 1,097 Total 75 50 174 299 7,555 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation...