The Air Force’s top Security Forces officer, Brig. Gen. Mary Kay Hertog, says that the service’s Security Forces personnel are doing an “awesome job,” but they “are getting tired.” Evidence of that could be the “pretty low re-enlistment rate,” which...

In 2006 with the arrival of the last Quadrennial Defense Review, the Bush Pentagon introduced a new capabilities-based approach to defense planning and budgeting. Over the years, the capability categories, now defined as 10 Joint Capability Areas, have changed somewhat,...

Maintainers with Air Force Reserve Command’s 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell AFB, Ala., recently completed a comprehensive isochronal inspection of the first C-130 that has received the Avionics Modernization Program upgrade, according to a Sept. 26 release. Wing personnel worked...

Maj. Gen. Kathleen Close, one of the six general officers the Air Force just disciplined following the mistaken shipment of ICBM parts to Taiwan, released a public statement, acknowledging her acceptance of the rebuke. The Salt Lake Tribune printed her...

The new defense policy bill, awaiting Senate approval before going to the President, contains a measure that provides a compromise to end dispute over civilian personnel management actions for Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, reports the Macon Telegraph. Essentially, the...

Air Force officials symbolically cut a ribbon Sept. 26 to declare full operational capability of the Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) and Personnel Center Operations Directorate at Randolph AFB, Tex. The move closes the loop on the shift of...

Air Force Lt. Gen. Chip Utterback, commander of 13th Air Force, told attendees at the Royal New Zealand Air Force Chief of Air Force Conference last week that the air forces “in this region need to share a balanced approach...

One of the two officers, newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Anthony Florentine, actually received his Bronze Star medal the day before he sprouted gold bars at Officer Training School; it was for actions while he was a staff sergeant. During a...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaSept. 21-24, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 114 62 176 9,578 CAS/Armed Recon 164 262 426 27,336 Airlift 544 544 34,583 Air refueling 219 219 13,512 Total 1,365 85,009...