The Air Force Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle force that has operated in Southwest Asia for seven years now serves under new management but will continue fulfilling its high-operations tempo. The service formally inactivated the 12th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron on...

According to Maj. Gen. William Lord, commander of Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional), the fact that there will not be a cyber major command but rather a cyber numbered air force delivers a major advantage—a bee line to the combatant...

The Air Force must find additional personnel to serve as recruiters, military training instructors, and technical training instructors to handle the service’s planned boost in personnel. For Fiscal 2009, Air Education and Training Command estimates the service will need about...

The Missouri Air National Guard’s 139th Airlift Wing passed its recent operational readiness inspection—the first such comprehensive inspection of the unit in 10 years—with an A+. The News-Press reports that the inspection team leader, Col. John Almind from Air Mobility...

According to a just-released Defense Science Board report, there are several “most pressing issues” that President-elect Barack Obama’s defense team must face, and they represent “only a fraction” of the defense challenges confronting the nation. And, then, of course, there’s...

The Air Force Office of Special Investigation has concluded its review of forensic evidence in the death of Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Tinsley on July 27 and believes it “was consistent” with the initial assessment that Tinsley died of a...

An Accident Investigation Board has concluded that foreign object damage was the culprit in a March 20 incident in which a B-1B bomber taking off from its home base at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., suffered a fire in engine No. 3....

According to the executive summary of the Accident Investigation Board that reviewed the May 21 crash-landing of a T-1A Jayhawk at a commercial airport in Lubbock, Tex., there were two main causes: windshear and pilot error. The summary cited the...

Last week, President John Gage of the American Federation of Government Employees said the union still believes the Pentagon’s new National Security Personnel System limits collective bargaining rights. Government Executive reports that Gage said that the final regulations the Defense...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaNov. 6-7, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 62 26 88 11,378 CAS/Armed Recon 94 121 215 31,994 Airlift 297 297 40,439 Air refueling 102 102 15,725 Total 702 99,536...