The Air Force on Thursday called for a fleet-wide inspection of older C-130 transports after discovery of upper wing joint nut cracks in a Hercules undergoing routine depot maintenance at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia, reports the Macon...

SSgt. Timothy Davis, who was killed by a bomb Feb. 20 in Afghanistan, was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star Medal March 1. According to an Associated Press report (via the Bellingham Herald), Davis’s wife Meagan was presented with the medal...

The Air Force has opted once again to cancel its plans to field a powerful standoff jammer capability by fitting large jamming pods on the wingtips of the B-52H. So claims Flight International in a March 3 report, citing an...

Chris Hughes, a resident of Okaloosa County, Fla., which includes Eglin Air Force Base, wants to get the pro F-35 message out in a big way, literally. The Destin Log reported March 4 that Hughes has purchased a 10’6” x...

Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy aviation and ground units are heading to Thailand to join forces with Royal Thai Air Force and Army and Republic of Singapore Air Force elements in the Cope Tiger field training exercise. The annual...

The US military’s annual airlift and sea-transportation support of National Science Foundation scientific research in Antarctica concluded Feb. 28. Dubbed Operation Deep Freeze, the 2008-2009 season kicked off last September. Among the joint force contributions during the six-month-long season, Air...

There will be no “Wings over Pittsburgh” air show this year. The 911th Airlift Wing, the Air Force Reserve Command unit that hosts the annual event at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, has cancelled the show, which was set...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaMar. 3, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 25 22 47 2,443 CAS/Armed Recon 26 76 102 6,175 Airlift 140 140 8,081 Air refueling 50 50 2,864 Total 339 19,563...