Concerned over fairness, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has called on Defense Secretary Robert Gates to clarify how the Air Force intends to select a tanker aircraft in the KC-X competition, the Mobile...

Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), chairman of the House Armed Service Committee, has come out in strong support of Erin Conaton’s nomination to be the undersecretary of the Air Force and encouraged his Senate colleagues to move quickly to confirm her...

Lockheed Martin says the extended-range version of its stealthy JASSM cruise missile performed well in a recent flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., giving it a record of six successes in six flights. In a release Wednesday, the...

The 3rd Combat Communications Group and Air Force Reserve Command’s 35th Combat Communications Squadron at Tinker AFB, Okla., have each just completed an operational readiness inspection, receiving an overall rating of “satisfactory” and “excellent,” respectively. These ORIs, held Nov. 1-10,...

The US military still faces a looming capability gap in moving Army medium-weight weapon systems by air within a combat theater, the Government Accountability Office warned in a report Thursday. GAO said “only” the C-17 is currently capable of transporting...

A federal district court in California on Nov. 2 granted Lockheed Martin’s motion to transfer an F-22 lawsuit filed in 2007 by a former employee to a district court in Atlanta, close to the company’s F-22 assembly facility in northern...

The 376th Air Expeditionary Wing at Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, on Nov. 9 formally opening a new fire station, maintenance warehouse, and emergency management buildings for explosive ordnance disposal. Members of Manas’ 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron completed these projects under...

Members of the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Federal Air Field near San Jose, successfully demonstrated a prototype network-enabled situation awareness system for personnel recovery for the first time at US Joint Forces Command’s Bold Quest...

The 451st Air Expeditionary Wing at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, held a groundbreaking ceremony in mid October on Camp Losano, its new headquarters compound. “The new headquarters symbolizes the growth and expansion of the US Air Force and our partnership...

Nov. 4-7, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 112 125 237 14,513 CAS/Armed Recon 100 324 424 30,285 Airlift 590 590 41,728 Air refueling 192 192 14,919 Total 1,443 101,445 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...