Echoing comments made earlier this year by US European Command leader Army Gen. Bantz Craddock that US forces in Europe may be too few for assigned tasks, the top airman in Europe told reporters that he believes further reductions of...

The F-35 partner nations are watching the development and testing of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) very closely, Gen. Roger Brady told defense reporters on Thursday (see above). The US Air Forces in Europe commander is pressing...

According to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), there will be an alternate engine for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. In the words of the powerful defense appropriations panel chairman: “Both the House and the Senate feel very strongly about...

Air Force Special Operations Command says that its CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor have all been inspected and cleared of the problem that befell some Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys, prompting a temporary grounding earlier this week, reports Stars and Stripes. The Marine...

The Air Force Research Lab has set May 5 for the launch of Tactical Satellite-3 (TacSat-3) from NASA’s Wallops Island facility in Virginia. Launch of the less than 880-pound satellite on its year-long experimental mission had been delayed more than...

SloveniaCroatia Airmen Visit Aviano Units: Members of the air forces of Slovenia and Croatia spent time with US operations, maintenance, and air control airmen at Aviano AB, Italy, recently as part of the US Air Forces in Europe "Building Partnership Capacity" endeavor. (See "Stop Cutting USAFE" above) During an earlier engagement with Slovenia airmen, said Capt. Michael Lake, 603rd Air Control Squadron director of operations, the US and these new allies realized "we had common training needs." He continued, "The friendship that developed out of that has now resulted in this first visit and will hopefully open some more doors so we can do more training together." One of the Slovenian officers, Maj. Andrej Jancevski, expressed a desire for "future training here or in Slovenia." He said, "It's always great to train with other nations and this visit has been great." Just a week after the Slovenian visit, airmen from Croatia arrived for their first visit to the base since 2005. Col. Walter Isenhour, 31st Maintenance Group deputy commander, said, "People involved in aircraft flight and maintenance operations share a common language, regardless of nationality; we immediately found common operational and sustainment challenges and issues we could discuss." (Aviano report by TSgt. Michael O'Connor)

The Air Force and the state of South Carolina have approved the 9th Air Force and US Air Forces Central Airmen’s Memorial Foundation as a private organization, enabling it to begin receiving donations to build a memorial to honor all...

Medical personnel from Pacific Air Forces units across the Pacific region joined with medical teams from Thailand and Singapore to provide medical and dental care to underprivileged people in Thailand during the annual Cope Tiger combat readiness exercise in Thailand....

Boeing has completed the first phase of its study of the Airborne Laser’s capabilities in secondary mission areas, Boeing Airborne Laser (ABL) program director Mike Rinn told reporters March 25, adding that the Pentagon has looked at the numbers and...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaMarch 24, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 21 17 38 3,276 CAS/Armed Recon 7 75 82 8,226 Airlift 100 100 10,975 Air refueling 49 49 3,774 Total 269 26,251...