An F-16 pilot from the 34th Fighter Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah, was the first to participate in a combined Combat Archer-Combat Hammer weapon system evaluation program mission earlier this month, according to a Jan. 23 release from the 53rd...

The Air Force has secured all but about $100 million of the $950 million required to fund the acquisition of 37 manned MC-12W intelligence-reconnaissance-surveillance aircraft and associated ground equipment, Brig. Gen. Blair Hansen, director of ISR capabilities on the Air...

Lockheed Martin announced Jan. 23 that it had completed the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with its mission systems, paving the way for avionics testing on board the new aircraft. The company’s Fort Worth, Tex., production facility on Jan. 21...

According to Air Power Australia, the West has paid scant attention to a growing problem—the evolution of Cold War legacy surface-to-air missiles into hybrid forms. Defense analyst Carlo Kopp writing in APA’s Notam says that this hybridization—the relatively inexpensive but...

Eglin Air Force Base in Florida has created a one-stop site—dubbed Nomad University—to address concerns from airmen and their families as the 33rd Fighter Wing drawdown proceeds under BRAC 2005. One new ingredient in this drawdown is the state of...

Air Force Reserve Command’s 326th Airlift Squadron at Dover AFB, Del., dispatched an aircrew flying a Dover C-17 to deliver 18,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies to Nicaragua last week. Included in the haul were desks, chairs, file cabinets, and books...

Safety Gets a New Boss: During a ceremony Jan. 13 at Kirtland AFB, N.M., Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz formally charged Maj. Gen. Frederick Roggero with leadership of Air Force safety and command of the Air Force...

e: The Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., reported Jan. 21 that the second Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft was delivered last week to Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., and then on to the Astrotech Space Facility in...

The Air Force has awarded a Bronze Star medal to Capt. Andrew Scott for his actions during a one-year deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Scott, who currently serves as an Air Force ROTC instructor at the University of...

The Senate on Jan. 20 confirmed retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. < Brig. Gen. Eric Crabtree took command of 4th Air Force from Maj. Gen. Robert Duignan during a Jan. 25 ceremony at...

Jan. 23-24, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 53 12 65 892 CAS/Armed Recon 88 109 197 2,372 Airlift 280 280 3,042 Air refueling 83 83 1,117 Total 625 7,423 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...