Gen. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff since September 2005, formally retired from the Air Force on July 11 after 37 years of service. “We lose a participant, a creator, and a valuable member of today’s Air Force,” former USAF Secretary...

President Bush has formally nominated Lt. Gen. William Fraser for appointment to the rank of general to serve as the next Air Force vice chief of staff, DOD announced July 11. Fraser, who has been assistant to the Chairman of...

Pentagon acquisition czar John Young last week told lawmakers that he intends to retain oversight authority for military space programs in his office as opposed to relinquishing it to the Air Force. “I fundamentally disagree that a single service should...

The 302nd Air Expeditionary Group moved fire retardant reloading equipment to the Channel Islands ANGS, Calif., July 8 to increase the efficiency of the eight modified C-130 aircraft in battling wildfires in California. These Air National Guard and Air Force...

F-15Es struck enemy combatants and a weapons cache with 500-pound joint direct attack munitions and a 2,000-pound JDAM near Worzhanah Kalay, Afghanistan, on July 11, Air Forces Central said in a release. These strikes were part of the 65 close...

Air Force officials unveiled a portrait of the late Gen. Bernard Schriever, considered father of USAF’s space and ICBM programs, July 8 at the Pentagon. “[General Schriever] brought us where we are today: preeminent in space,” Gen. Duncan McNabb, vice...

The Senate on July 10 confirmed Army Gen. David Petraeus as commander of US Central Command and Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno for promotion to general to succeed Petraeus as head of Multinational Force-Iraq. Petraeus assumed command of MNF-I in...

The fledgling Iraqi Air Force on July 9 took delivery of 11 training aircraft from the United States during a transfer-of-ownership ceremony at New Al Muthana AB. Iraq. During the event, Army Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, the new commander of...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaJuly 9, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 22 17 39 5,882 CAS/Armed Recon 51 71 122 17,373 Airlift 137 137 24,025 Air refueling 61 61 8,269 Total 359 55,549...