The Air Force will start to run out of funding to support operations in Afghanistan and Iraq in about five weeks if Congress does not approve the 2010 war supplemental spending bill soon, Erin Conaton, undersecretary of the Air Force,...

Operating with more efficiency is key for the Air Force to shed billions of dollars in overhead costs over the next five years, says Lt. Gen. Christopher Miller, deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs. Speaking Thursday at...

In seeking efficiencies to reduce overhead, the Air Force is looking both short- and long-term, but focusing on the cuts at hand, according to Lt. Gen. Chris Miller, deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs. “The closer the...

In line with, but separate from the Air Force’s efforts to find overhead savings over a five-year period starting in Fiscal 2012, the service is looking at every conceivable budget option, Lt. Gen. Chris Miller, lead for long-range planning on...

The increase in rotary lift in Afghanistan has bolstered the ability of medical personnel to bring wounded service personnel to medical treatment facilities within an hour of their injury, Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, Army surgeon general, said Thursday. That span...

With upgrades, the Air Force’s nuclear-warhead-carrying air launched cruise missile will be viable for two more decades, says Gen. Kevin Chilton, head of US Strategic Command. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Chilton said ALCM “can be easily extended...

The Defense Department is missing key information needed to “analyze, manage, and reduce” operating and support costs of major weapon systems, according to the Government Accountability Office. “At a time when the nation faces fiscal challenges and defense budgets may...

Boeing has begun publicly discussing a lighter, more nimble version of today’s C-17A transport called the C-17FE. The “FE” stands for fuel efficient. Company officials say this version of the combat-proven airlifter would be able to operate off of 1,500-foot-long,...

One of the oldest sections of the flightline at Moody AFB, Ga., is being replaced. This section, currently the parking area for the base’s HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, was laid in 1942, the year that Moody first hosted pilot training....

A group of Air Force Research Lab engineers from Tyndall AFB, Fla., along with Air Mobility Command’s chief scientist Donald Erbschloe, recently visited JB Charleston, S.C., on a fact-finding mission. These researchers went to see first-hand how the 437th Aerial...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, July 15, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 26 60 86 13,245 CAS/Armed Recon 22 79 101 18,620 Airlift 171 171 33,792 Air refueling 57 57 8,867 Rescue 20 20 4,048 Total...