Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III was promoted to lieutenant general during a ceremony yesterday in the Pentagon and formally took the leadership reins of the Air National Guard. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Air Force...

The new variant of the modular airborne fire fighting system has been approved for operational use on the C-130J transports of the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands ANG Station. The unit, the first to be...

The Air Force announced yesterday that it is redeploying some aircraft from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, to McChord AFB, Wash., as a precautionary measure in case Mount Redoubt, an active volcano located about 100 miles southwest of Elmendorf, blows its top....

Cope North 09-01, the new iteration of the annual US-Japan air training exercise began yesterday in the skies around Andersen AFB, Guam. The event is meant to strengthen US-Japan military ties and enhance joint air activities in the defense of...

Maj. Gen. Michael Gould has been nominated to receive a third star to be the next superintendent of the Air Force Academy, the Department of Defense announced yesterday. Gould is currently director of operations and plans for US Transportation Command....

A C-17 was involved in a mishap Jan. 30 while landing at Bagram AB, Afghanistan. Air Forces Central said in a Jan. 30 release that the incident took place at about 10:20 p.m. local time. Initial reports indicated that the...

The Air Force says it intends to double potentially the number of Wideband Global Satcom satellites—or WGS-like spacecraft—that it acquires. According to a Federal Business Opportunities notice posted last month, the service is interested in the “production of up to...

SSgt. Brian Boisselle, an explosive ordnance disposal technician from Edwards AFB, Calif., received a Bronze Star medal Jan. 27 for his actions during a deployment to Iraq. Boisselle was an EOD team leader at Logistics Support Area Anaconda and Forward...

A 1962-vintage C-130 transport flew its final combat mission Jan. 28 and will now be retired. During its 47-year tenure, aircraft No. 1847 amassed approximately 30,100 flying hours, all without incurring any combat damage or having any major accidents. Even...

Members from the 432d Wing from Creech AFB, Nev. on Jan. 15 completed a successful test flight of an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle from Holloman AFB, N.M., through the training airspace of Ft. Irwin, Calif. The Reaper operators used...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaJan. 30-31, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 62 32 94 1,189 CAS/Armed Recon 80 114 194 3,027 Airlift 250 250 3,957 Air refueling 95 95 1,410 Total 633 9,583...