The C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program has entered into its full-rate production phase with the Air Force’s award of a $162.9 million contract to Lockheed Martin this week. This contract covers the advanced procurement of materials and components for...

This week’s Max Thunder air combat training exercise in South Korea, which concludes Friday, includes the first-ever appearance of the Air Force’s 18th Aggressor Squadron in Korean skies. A contingent of F-16s from the unit, which calls Eielson AFB, Alaska,...

Airmen with the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota AB, Japan, have practiced the Air Force’s new low-cost, low-altitude airdrop method for the first time with their C-130s at the nearby Fuji Drop Zone. These two days of training helped prepare...

The Ohio Air National Guard’s 178th Fighter Wing in Springfield has closed the book on its F-16 training mission by graduating the final class of Dutch F-16 pilots from its initial qualification training course. The four Dutch pilots completed the...

An E-8C Joint STARS aircraft has completed a series of flights to see how well it could help guide anti-ship weapons against surface combatants at standoff distances. These activities were part of the Navy-led demonstration called joint surface warfare. To...

Northrop Grumman has received a $14 million contract extension to continue its work in integrating the Common Link Integration Processing system on the Air Force’s B-1B and B-52 bombers, the company announced Thursday. CLIP is a software package that enhances...

Airmen with Air Force Reserve Command’s 927th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill AFB, Fla., have installed a prototype interior lighting system in one of MacDill’s KC-135 tankers. The lighting system provides 40 times more light than the aircraft’s existing 1950s-era...

Members of the Kansas Air National Guard’s 190th Civil Engineering Squadron at Forbes Field in Topeka have moved into their new 14,690 square-foot facility at the southeast corner of the base. The new building gives the squadron 3,000 additional square...

Air Force Reservists representing 23 aerial port squadrons from 19 states will converge on Dobbins ARB, Ga., Oct. 25-29 to compete in Air Force Reserve Command’s Port Dawg Challenge. The competition features 11 events designed to test these airmen’s proficiency...

The remains of Sgt. Michael A. Chiodo, the assistant radio operator on a B-24J bomber lost over Germany in April 1944, were laid to rest with full military honors Wednesday in Chesterland, Ohio, east of Cleveland, his hometown. The burial...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Oct. 15, 2010 Sortie Type OND OEF OND/OEF Total YTD ISR 24 70 94 21,562 CAS/Armed Recon 14 78 92 28,043 Airlift 170 170 49,983 Air refueling 55 55 13,955 Rescue 30 30 6,393 Total...