At 10:30 a.m. Louisiana time today, the Air Force will activate its new nuclear-centric major command, Air Force Global Strike Command, at Barksdale Air Force Base. Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, who has been Air Force assistant vice chief of staff...

The Office of the Secretary of Defense is closely watching the progress of the F-35 stealth fighter program and is reserving the option of making additional funding adjustments should the F-35 joint estimating team, along with other Pentagon overseers, determine...

Boeing says it has delivered the first B-52H bomber outfitted with new digital communications infrastructure under the combat network communications technology, or CONECT, program. This aircraft flew on Wednesday from Boeing’s upgrade modification facility in Wichita, Kan., to Edwards AFB,...

On Aug. 9, airmen at Dover AFB, Del., will begin a major inspection of the first C-5 transport to be handled under a new inspection program that, if successful, would make more C-5s available for use every day fleet-wide and...

The Air Force issued a new request for information on Wednesday to refine its search for a future trainer aircraft to replace the 50-year-old T-38 fleet starting in 2017. Building upon the first RFI, this new solicitation requests more specific...

The first B-1B bomber to be fitted with the fully integrated datalink upgrade flew its first functional check sortie on July 30 at Edwards, AFB, Calif. “The aircraft did very well,” said Maj. Jason Wierzbanowski, B-1 test pilot with Edwards’...

Under the nascent space fence acquisition program, the Air Force aims to field three new strategically positioned S-band radars around the globe that will significantly enhance the nation’s ability to detect and track objects in space. “The space fence is...

Air Mobility Command C-130s and C-17s are flying daily airlift missions across the African continent in support of 17th Air Force, the air component of US Africa Command. For example, between Oct. 1, 2008, and June 16, 2009, AMC C-130s...

John Junior Jupin, chief of planning for the 7th Civil Engineer Squadron at Dyess AFB, Tex., is retiring from the Air Force after 57 years of service, including 23 in the active duty and 34 as a civilian employee. “It...

A Daily Report reader told us that upgraded C model Warthogs conducted operations in Afghanistan as early as November 2007, rendering our coverage of the latest A-10C deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom incomplete. The Michigan Air National Guard’s 110th Fighter...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaAug. 3, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 28 18 46 9,054 CAS/Armed Recon 24 85 109 20,532 Airlift 122 122 27,932 Air refueling 58 58 9,938 Total 335 67,456...