According to Air Forces Central, this year has seen a marked increase in the amount of supplies airdropped to US and coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, already surpassing last year and three times the amount in 2006. This year...
The Air Force has decided to junk its rapidly ailing C-130E model tactical transports by Fiscal 2015 in favor of a mix of new C-130Js and upgraded H models, according to acquisition officials. The C-130H aircraft would have new or...
With the Air Force retiring its C-130Es (see above) and the current C-130J multiyear winding down, USAF acquisition has been working to jump start a new multiyear procurement authority to get to 172 J model Hercules, Maj. Gen. David Gray,...
Security forces at Nellis AFB, Nev., have launched a new 45-day course to provide advance ground combat weapons and tactics instruction for active, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve security forces and chaplains who will take over Army operations...
New Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz described the service’s nuclear enterprise business as “all about precision” during an Aug. 22 visit with airmen at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., the home of the 341st Missile Wing. He said, too,...
According to an Aug. 25 Associated Press news report picked up by media around the country, an Air Force lieutenant colonel has pegged operator mistakes as the central factor in a “growing number of Predator [unmanned aerial vehicle] mishaps in...
The Air Force has received 1,888 enlisted volunteer to retrain into 31 critical skill career fields, filling all empty slots for 96 percent of fields such as pararescue, in-flight refueling, aerial gunner, and combat control, according to an Aug. 26...
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against SmallTownPapers, Inc. of Seattle, which DOJ says terminated Air Force Reservist Frank Bonnin in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, according to an Aug. 22 DOJ...
An entry in Tuesday’s column incorrectly listed the 58th Fighter Squadron at Tyndall AFB, Fla., when it is part of the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla. We corrected the Daily Report online entry.