Apparently, the demand for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance outweighs the need for tankers. An Air Mobility Command spokeswoman tells the Daily Report that AMC can bear to give up three KC-135R tanker aircraft that have been promised to Britain. They...

Congress has approved a DOD request to reprogram $1.2 billion to rapidly bolster overhead intelligence-reconnaissance-surveillance capabilities in Afghanistan and Iraq, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday. Further, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has pressed the services to do more to provide additional...

More than 1,600 Air Force Reservists have received or will receive a waiver to stay on active duty after Sept. 30, Air Force Reserve Command said in a release Aug. 6. About four years ago, Reserve airmen through the rank...

Col. Thomas Bergeson has been selected to command the 3rd Wing at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, after the untimely death of Brig. Gen. Thomas Tinsley, the unit’s previous commander, from a gunshot wound at his on-base residence on July 27. Bergeson...

Error on the part of an instructor pilot caused the fatal crash of a T-38C trainer aircraft on May 1 at Sheppard AFB, Tex, that claimed his and another pilot’s life and destroyed the airplane, the Air Force announced Aug....

The Air Force will license launch complex 36 at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., to the state of Florida for use as a commercial launch site for boosting commercial satellites into low-Earth orbit and beyond, Space Florida, the state’s public-private aerospace...

Tomorrow begins Air Force Week festivities in Omaha, Neb., that will run through Aug. 17. During the nine-day celebration of the service, the Air Force will sponsor events to get its message out and build relationships with the local community...

The Air Force Research Lab engineers at Tyndall AFB, Fla., have completed the first phase of developing a transportable waste-to-energy system that holds the promise of producing electricity at forward military operating locations or rural domestic facilities. The mini power...

The 563rd Flying Training Squadron at Randolph AFB, Tex., unveiled its thoroughly upgraded T-25 simulator for electronic warfare training on Aug. 1, and as of yesterday, a new batch of combat system officer students is already using the new touch...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaAug. 5-6, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 49 28 77 6,853 CAS/Armed Recon 100 144 244 20,156 Airlift 223 223 27,343 Air refueling 118 118 9,767 Total 662 64,119...