The Office of the Secretary of Defense rolled out the new and improved draft request for proposals for the Air Force’s belabored KC-X tanker competition yesterday (Aug. 6), saying little about the contents of the revamped document apart from its...

Just as constraints on human endurance make the aircrew a limiting factor in future manned From Wynne Interview Increased Attention Wynne, Rated Pilots Make Sense for UAVs Wynne, Air Force Best to Oversee Space Going Head-to-Head Stealth Duel Tough Love...

Lockheed Martin has handed over control of the first on-orbit space based infrared system sensor payload for detecting ballistic missile launches to the Air Force, the company announced Aug. 5. The Air Force will commence formal operations with the payload—dubbed...

The Department of Defense has notified Congress of potential foreign military sales of MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles to Germany and Italy. Under a proposed $205 million package, Germany would receive five MQ-9s and associated equipment and services, the Defense...

Iraq would receive six C-130J transport aircraft and Israel nine of these platforms under pending foreign military sales announced by the Department of Defense late last month. Iraq would get the six Super Hercules aircraft and associated equipment and services...

Raytheon announced at the end of last month that it has teamed with Boeing to bid to supply the command and control system for the Air Force’s counterspace capabilities. “Raytheon’s solution will enable the Air Force to manage and update...

The 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla., and the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Aviano AB, Italy, are among the winners of Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Awards for 2008, the Pentagon announced Aug. 4. These awards...

The American College of Emergency Physicians on Aug. 1 recognized Maj. James Eadie, vice chair of emergency medicine, medical director, and flight commander at Wilford Hall Medical Center in Texas, as a “hero of emergency medicine.” The honor, coming on...

The Pentagon is spending about $300 million this summer on research for post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, two of the most prevalent injuries of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. USA Today reported Aug. 5 that this amount...

DOD on Aug. 4 activated a new defense counterintelligence and human intelligence center under the Defense Intelligence Agency and simultaneously stood down its controversial counterintelligence field activity that was formed in the wake of 9/11. In a statement, DOD said...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaAug. 4, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 25 14 39 6,776 CAS/Armed Recon 47 45 92 19,912 Airlift 112 112 27,120 Air refueling 66 66 9,649 Total 309 63,457...