Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) on Tuesday expressed his frustration with what he characterized as the Defense Department’s lack of transparency and consultation regarding the proposed closure of US Joint Forces Command, which is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. “We didn’t have...

There are seven big themes when members of Congress or Congressional staff ask questions of the Air Force, said Maj. Gen. Robin Rand, director of USAF’s legislative liaison office, Tuesday. Speaking at an Air Force Association-sponsored Air Force Breakfast Series...

Space is becoming more and more central to US national security operations, while, at the same time, the industry enabling its exploitation is teetering precariously, James Miller, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, said Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Speaking...

An F136 test engine incurred damage to airfoils in its front fan and compressor area while running at near maximum fan speed last week at General Electric’s facility in Evendale, Ohio, GE Aviation spokesman Rick Kennedy said Tuesday. He said...

Boeing revealed Tuesday that it has successfully completed the first two flight tests of the 2,000-pound laser joint direct attack munition. The tests took place back in July at Eglin AFB, Fla., with an F-16 flying at subsonic speeds releasing...

Airmen and guests gathered earlier this month at JB Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to dedicate a memorial to the four airmen who died July 28 in the crash of a C-17 transport assigned to the joint base’s 3rd Wing. A 1:24 scale...

Since 1991, there has been a 69 percent decline in the number of Congressional lawmakers who have served in the military, says Maj. Gen Robin Rand, USAF legislative liaison. Only three percent of lawmakers today have direct experience with the...

Pentagon acquisition executive Ash Carter on Tuesday reiterated his office’s desire to reduce the number of reports that the Defense Department is required to provide to Congress in response to language in each year’s defense legislation. “I sit in the...

Officials at JB Balad, Iraq, have introduced a new resiliency training program to help servicemembers deal with combat stress. Balad is the first base in Southwest Asia to test the flash forward resiliency training program. “The intent of this training...

Lt. Col. Chad Hivnor, director of the associate dermatology program at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, has received a research grant of more than $1 million to study the use of lasers to help wounded troops recover better...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Sept. 20-21, 2010 Sortie Type OND OEF OND/OEF Total YTD ISR 42 142 184 19,396 CAS/Armed Recon 24 189 213 25,558 Airlift 378 378 45,727 Air refueling 118 118 12,699 Rescue 67 67 5,807 Total...