B-2s Still Not Flying: The Air Force’s fleet of B-2 bombers is still on a “safety pause” more than one month after the crash of one of the stealth bombers Feb. 23 on Guam. This means USAF’s 20 B-2s aren’t...

Even with a surge in MQ-1 Predator aircraft forward to support combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, some of the unmanned aerial vehicles will remain stateside at Creech AFB, Nev., for training, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported March 26. “There...

Air Forces Southern officials are hoping that the upcoming FIDAE air show in Santiago, Chile, and subsequent military exercises with the Chilean Air Force will strengthen the bilateral relationship. Roughly 20 aircraft and 200 personnel are traveling to the South...

The Airborne Laser team is proceeding with system integration work on YAL-1, the prototype aircraft, at Edwards AFB, Calif., and plans to ramp up test activities in 2009, said Mike Rinn, Boeing’s ABL program director, at a company roundtable March...

Boeing’s Airborne Laser program director is optimistic that the boost-phase anti-missile system could complete a successful shootdown next year, but he’d like to see more movement on the program’s second aircraft. “Right now, we don’t have visibility and detail” in...

An RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 20 unmanned aerial vehicle set an endurance record for a full-scale, operational unmanned aircraft during a flight March 22 at Edwards AFB. The aircraft completed a flight of 33.1 hours at altitudes up to 60,000...

The Air Force relocated its primary hyperbaric capability March 21 from Brooks City-Base, Tex., to the Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Tex., both in San Antonio, and began hyperbaric oxygen therapy at the center just three days later....

The capacity of the US military to defeat hard and deeply buried targets with non-nuclear means may not be as great as previously thought after recent on-site assessments of bombed cave complexes in Afghanistan, the head of the Defense Threat...

The Arkansas Air National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing got a sneak peek at one of the first C-130Hs with a new digital cockpit on March 21 when one of the test aircraft for the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program made a...

TSgt. Douglas Rose of the 1st Security Forces Squadron at Langley AFB, Va., received a Bronze Star first oak leaf cluster March 25 for his service with the Operation Iraqi Freedom Joint Task Force from December 2006 to October 2007....

The 505th Command and Control Wing at Nellis AFB, Nev., will host the first-ever Air Support Operations Center initial qualification course March 31. The three-week course will provide training for battlefield airmen attached to Army divisions or corps. It is...

The Air Force has awarded Boeing a $49.5 million contract to integrate the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System into 145 F-15E aircraft, the company announced March 24. Installation in the first F-15E is expected in October 2008, with contract completion in...

Air Force Research Lab formally activated its new 711th Human Systems Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, on March 25, with its recently named director, Thomas Wells, taking charge. • Pacific Air Forces will stage its first Red Flag Alaska of...

March 25, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 23 11 34 2,281 CAS/Armed Recon 65 33 98 6,930 Airlift 147 147 10,369 Air refueling 46 46 3,217 Total 325 22,797 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...