The Air Force has confirmed that two F-15C fighters have been missing since about 2 p.m. CST when they were flying a training sortie over the Gulf of Mexico. The two fighters are from the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin...

The Air Force is beginning to be more vocal in articulating its need for a big shot in the arm to modernize its already “geriatric” aircraft fleet. More and more senior service officials are coming out on the record and...

About 85 percent of all air-to-ground strikes are now facilitated via the Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver, or ROVER system, Lt. Col. Greg Harbin, a senior Air Force forward air controller, told a Capitol Hill audience on Feb. 14. “I...

For an acquisition effort that is not a program of record, ROVER, short for Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver, has evolved rapidly, giving combat controllers an increasingly more potent means to direct air strikes, Lt. Col. Greg Harbin, a senior...

The Air Force took home one of the nation’s top advertising honors on Feb. 7 at the 2008 ADDY Award ceremony in Dallas. The technology section of the AIRFORCE.com Web site, a recruiting tool, won a Golden Award for best...

The Air Force has awarded Special Agent Jim Collins of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations the Airman’s Medal for heroism and voluntary risk of life in the rescue of 10 Marines and civilian contractors after the crash of...

Air Force Research Lab engineers, together with Webcore Technologies Inc., of Dayton, Ohio, have developed new lightweight, composite airfield matting that holds the promise of speeding the deployment of aircraft to forward locations at reduced costs. The new matting system...

India is buying six C-130J aircraft from Lockheed Martin in a deal potentially worth about $1 billion, with first delivery in 2011, according to press articles and wire services on Feb. 18 from the DefExpo2008 show now underway in New...

Retired Maj. Gen. William J. Breckner Jr., 74, was killed Feb. 16 in a single-vehicle car crash on Colorado Highway 105, according to various news reports. He was on his way to his home in Monument, Colo. Breckner retired from...

The remains of three airmen missing since the crash of their A-20J bomber in December 1944 over Germany have been identified, the Pentagon announced Feb. 15. They are 2nd Lt. John F. Lubben, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; Sgt. Albert A. Forgue,...

TSgt. Josh Trundle, the assistant NCO in charge of firefighting training and safety at RAF Mildenhall, Britain, on Feb. 12 became the first airman to participate in the Royal Air Force Airmen’s Command Squadron at RAF Halton, Britain. The RAF...

An Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded scientist has made a discovery that might one day offer protection to military personnel exposed to radiation. Michael Daly, a professor of pathology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in...

Feb. 15-16, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 52 16 68 1,219 CAS/Armed Recon 85 45 130 3,722 Airlift 255 255 5,452 Air refueling 79 79 1,767 Total 532 12,160 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...