Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to outline even deeper overall defense reductions in a speech he’s giving Saturday at the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan. The speech is part of the two-day celebration of the 65th anniversary of...

The Air Force budget is under attack from within, Secretary Michael Donley said Thursday. Speaking on Capitol Hill at the inaugural meeting of the Senate Aerospace Caucus, Donley said, “nearly every aspect of the Air Force budget is growing larger...

Don’t expect great funding infusions or schedule acceleration in the Air Force’s long-range strike activities as a result of Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plans to reduce aircraft carriers and submarines, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley told the Daily Report Thursday....

The primary reason why the Air Force is pursuing the light attack armed reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft is to have the capability resident in its general-purpose echelons to build partnership capacity with allied air forces, says Air Force Chief of Staff...

About 25 percent of the Senate has signed up to be part of the new Senate Aerospace Caucus, which held its inaugural session Thursday on Capitol Hill. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) are the inaugural chairs...

Marion Blakey, head of the Aerospace Industries Association, which helped “facilitate” Thursday’s inaugural meeting of the Senate Aerospace Caucus, said this lawmakers’ group won’t be focused on specific programs. “If you listened to what Senators Murray and Bond said here...

Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey acknowledged Thursday that the services still must flush out exactly how they will deal with enemy remotely piloted aircraft when they start to appear in the battlespace in large numbers. “I say that’s...

The case for maximizing the potential and performance of every airman has never been more compelling, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz told attendees at the 2010 senior enlisted leader summit Tuesday at Maxwell AFB, Ala. “Today, more...

Members of the 74th Fighter Squadron, an A-10 ground-attack unit at Moody AFB, Ga., conducted surge operations over three days in late April to help prepare themselves for upcoming phase II operational readiness exercises. The surge test was meant to...

Officials at Goodfellow AFB, Tex., on Friday will dedicate two buildings for housing visiting officers to retired Col. Bud Day and retired Col. Leo Thorsness, two of the five living Air Force Medal of Honor recipients. Day was assigned to...

Those of you in Michigan and northern Wisconsin will have the opportunity in late May to watch “Bombs Away,” a documentary film from historian/videographer Ric Mixter that chronicles airpower in Michigan from biplanes to B-52s. Mixter tells the Daily Report...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, April 30, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 29 38 67 7,414 CAS/Armed Recon 20 76 96 11,094 Airlift 177 177 20,452 Air refueling 47 47 5,110 Rescue 22 22 1,666 Total...