The Defense Department announced April 30 that SrA. Jonathan A.V. Yelner, 24, of Lafayette, Calif., died April 29 near Bagram AB, Afghanistan, from wounds he received when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. Yelner had deployed to Afghanistan from...

Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, answered “yes” April 29 during a breakfast meeting with defense reporters when asked if he still has confidence in Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley’s ability to lead the...

Boeing and the Air Force need to take a step back and think about the ramifications of their current “angry confrontation” over the KC-X tanker award to Northrop Grumman, says Loren Thompson, CEO of the Lexington Institute. “Boeing and the...

The number of airstrikes being carried out by Predator MQ-1 unmanned aerial vehicles against insurgents in Iraq is growing. USA Today reported April 29 that the Air Force has set a new high mark in April with 11 Predator attacks....

A B-1B bomber dropped a 2,000-pound joint direct attack munition on enemy combatants in Maimana, Afghanistan, April 28, Air Forces Central said in an April 29 release. Coalition aircraft carried out a total of 26 close air support missions in...

The US military will have its first task force in place this fall that is specially trained to respond quickly to a domestic attack featuring a biological, chemical, or nuclear weapon. Stars and Stripes reported April 27 that Air Force...

The crew of a C-130 transport from Pope AFB, N.C., overcame the failure of two of the aircraft’s four engines during a flight March 19 in Southwest Asia to safely deliver five wounded personnel to their destination. While in flight,...

After nine years of trying, the Air Force finally has an all-weather, accurate means to perform final electronic acceptance tests of the radomes on E-3 AWACS, KC-135, and Navy E-6 TACAMO aircraft. In 1999, construction began of a compact radome...

Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing, teamed with a company called Wolf Technical Services, have developed a new mobile restraint system for helicopter aircrews that holds the promise of reducing injuries. The Universal Mobile Aircrew...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaApril 26-27, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 43 26 69 3,261 CAS/Armed Recon 112 87 199 9,872 Airlift 246 246 14,521 Air refueling 98 98 4,542 Total 612 32,196...