B-2 Crashes on Guam:

A B-2 bomber deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo., crashed Saturday morning just after taking off, according to various news reports. An Air Force statement said the two pilots on board ejected...

Still Crunching Numbers:

The Air Force still isn’t sure how the increase in size of the Army and Marine Corps and the Army’s future warfighting concepts of operations will impact the requirement for airlift, USAF’s top mobility official said Friday. “I don’t have...

Take a Cue from the Airlines:

Gen. Arthur Lichte, USAF’s top mobility official, said Friday he doesn’t expect his tankers and transports to be as youthful as frontline strike platforms. But it would be nice, he said, if they weren’t as old as they are and...

Getting There:

More than half of the Air Force’s mobility platforms now have the navigation gear so that they can operate safely in the world’s increasingly crowded air space, according to the Air Force’s general in charge of tankers and transports. “We...

Four Won’t Do It:

The four additional F-22s appearing in the Air Force’s unfunded requirements list for Fiscal 2009—and expected to be in a wartime supplemental budget request to Congress next fiscal year—won’t help much in giving the incoming Administration time to decide whether...

The Requirements Are Out There:

Contrary to popular belief, the Air Force does have well-defined ideas for what it is looking for in a next-generation bomber—it simply can’t talk about them just yet, said Gen. John Corley, chief of Air Combat Command. Speaking to reporters...

Expanding Warrior Training:

The Air Force’s much-touted expansion of its basic military training is on track to commence in October, with construction of the necessary new facilities nearly complete at Lackland AFB, Tex., Gen. William Looney, head of Air Education and Training Command,...

A Quality Force:

Air Force recruiters are bringing in the best possible young people to the service and USAF is meeting and exceeding recruiting goals, Gen. William Looney, commander of Air Education and Training Command, said Feb. 22 at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium...

What’s Up, Doc?:

While the Air Force is doing well overall in recruitment, it is currently meeting just 15 to 20 percent of its requirements for doctors and dentists, the four-star general in charge of attracting and training new airmen said last week....

Why You Do Test:

A fault in the first F-35 flight test aircraft produced a serious situation that the airplane recovered from so smoothly that the pilot barely detected it, Lockheed Martin test director Doug Pearson said in an interview at AFA’s Air Warfare...

Successful Two-Phase Bunker Buster Unveiled:

The Raytheon Company successfully demonstrated a new two-phase bunker busting weapon in the New Mexico desert three weeks ago, company officials announced Friday at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando. They cited its possible use on cruise missiles or as...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest Asia

Feb. 20-21, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 47 15 62 1,328 CAS/Armed Recon 95 70 165 4,010 Airlift 316 316 5,969 Air refueling 70 70 1,910 Total 613 13,217 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...