Since the arrival of the first platform in June, the Air Force now operates six MC-12W manned intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance aircraft from Iraq and has flown a total of 302 combat missions with them, according to the service and industry. And they...

After nearly two years and more than 29,000 man hours, members of the 341st Maintenance Group at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., on Aug. 23 completed the maintenance tasks associated with the deactivation of the 564th Missile Squadron. With the US decision,...

Boeing announced Tuesday that its advanced tactical laser aircraft on Aug. 30 “defeated” a ground vehicle from the air with its high-power chemical laser weapon during a test with the Air Force at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The company...

The 38th Engineering Installation Group at Tinker AFB, Okla., last month became the 38th Cyberspace Engineering Group and is now part of the newly activated 24th Air Force under Air Force Space Command, USAF’s lead organization for cyber operations. The...

The 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo., the Air Force’s sole B-2A stealth bomber organization, underwent an annual nuclear weapon system evaluation on Aug. 17. This Air Combat Command-led Combat Sledgehammer drill, observed by Whiteman’s 72nd Test and Evaluation...

The US Attorney’s office last month reached a $15 million settlement with Dynamics Research Corporation over a lawsuit dealing with the company’s work on the Air Force’s theater battle management core systems program. Two of the company’s former corporate officers,...

The chief technology officer for the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., Tim Rudolph, has been selected as the Defense Department’s lead architect for the US government’s ambitious next generation air transportation system, known as NextGen. ESC’s 653rd Electronic...

TSgt. Mark Brady, an explosive ordnance disposal team leader with the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron at Andersen AFB, Guam, received a Bronze Star Medal on Aug. 27 for his meritorious service during a six-month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq,...

An E-3 airborne warning and control system aircraft from the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker AFB, Okla., was damaged while landing Aug. 28 at Nellis AFB, Nev., while participating in the Red Flag 09-05 air combat training exercise. The...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Aug. 28-29, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 54 56 110 10,463 CAS/Armed Recon 52 154 206 23,198 Airlift 299 299 31,714 Air refueling 112 112 11,341 Total 727 76,716 OIF=Operation Iraqi...