The Pentagon acquisition leadership is expected to approve full-rate production for Lockheed Martin’s C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program on Thursday, according to company officials. Already the Air Force has taken delivery of four of the 52 C-5s set to...
The Air Force leadership is kicking off Fiscal 2011 with a new service-wide theme entitled “a new culture: energy as an operations enabler.” Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz introduced this to airmen in...
The Senate last week approved Lt. Gen. Larry James for reappointment to three-star rank for his new assignment overseeing intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance matters on the Air Staff. James will replace Lt. Gen. David Deptula, who formally retired on Oct. 1. James has...
Ten years ago, very few airmen going through the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB, Ala., had deployed for longer than a few weeks at a time. Now, nearly every major going through the program has been to...
The Air Force is interested in incorporating stealth features into its future, air-delivered munitions, says Col. Leonard D’Amico, assistant division chief for combat force application in USAF headquarters. “We are trying to exploit stealth technology into our weapons,” D’Amico told...
Combat systems officer training with the 12th Flying Training Wing at Randolph AFB, Tex., has concluded with the final training sortie of a T-1 Jayhawk trainer aircraft from there. The Air Force is consolidating its CSO training at NAS Pensacola,...
The first spade of earth has been turned in a partnership bringing a new fitness center to airmen at Nellis AFB, Nev., and a water-reclamation facility to the citizens of North Las Vegas. Base and city leaders last week broke...
The F-22 fleet has been produced in a number of configurations, but the Air Force will ultimately consolidate it to just two, says Lockheed Martin F-22 program manager George Shultz. When the increment 3.2 software is installed, most F-22s will...
Air Force officials are working on a new vision and governance structure for modeling and simulation that will improve cross-communication between M&S users. The new structure is meant “to enhance the framework” in which they “work together, share information, and...
Luring high school juniors and seniors to the sciences is the intent behind the National Guard’s new energy lab. This mobile classroom features interactive learning tools that are focused on the science and technology behind alternative energy. The lab requires...
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Sept. 27, 2010 Sortie Type OND OEF OND/OEF Total YTD ISR 23 62 85 19,949 CAS/Armed Recon 10 99 109 25,175 Airlift 176 176 46,833 Air refueling 56 56 13,022 Rescue 24 24 5,945 Total...