America’s current space-based early warning system, the Defense Support Program satellite constellation, will continue to provide the first line of defense to the US and its allies as Space Based Infrared System satellites enter operations, an Air Force space official...

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft assigned to the 29th Attack Squadron at Holloman AFB, N.M., crashed this week, becoming the second RPA mishap at the desert base since Oct. 22. The Reaper crashed on landing Wednesday evening after returning...

A top US Cyber Command officer sees “a disturbing trend”—movement toward destruction of physical assets via cyberspace attack. Maj. Gen. David Senty, CYBERCOM’s chief of staff, told a conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., that such attacks could “wreak havoc with...

The last of 20 public hearings took place this week on the Air Force’s plans to expand the Powder River Training Complex out of Ellsworth AFB, S.D., for more realistic bomber training. The attendees appeared split over the plan during...

The Air Force could become a victim of its own success in the realm of remotely piloted vehicles, according to Sen. James Webb (D-Va.). “We’ve seen some really good results” from the Air Force’s use of RPA, Webb told defense...

The appropriated funding for the Military Intelligence Program amounted to $27 billion in Fiscal 2010, the Defense Department announced Thursday. That total included both base-budget outlays and supplemental appropriations. DOD officials said they determined that “releasing this topline figure does...

Members of the 460th Space Wing at Buckley AFB, Colo., have successfully completed the wing’s first-ever exercise focused exclusively on cyber issues. “Cyber Lightning” was designed to test the wing’ s ability to operate in a contested cyber environment. Accordingly,...

The Air Force has issued a request for proposals for the next phase of the Space Fence program, a critical component of the nation’s future space situational awareness network. For this upcoming phase, Electronic Systems Center officials at Hanscom AFB,...

Lockheed Martin has delivered the 15th F-22 of the year to the Air Force. This airframe, with tail number 4168, flew from the company’s Marietta, Ga., assembly facility to Langley AFB, Va., on Tuesday. It’s the 88th consecutive Raptor delivered...

The Senate Armed Services Committee is talking about whether to continue raising servicemembers’ salaries faster than the rate of inflation or advocate “targeted” increases instead, said Sen. James Webb (D-Va.). Webb, who chairs the SASC personnel panel, said committee members...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Oct. 21-22, 2010 Sortie Type OND OEF OND/OEF Total YTD ISR 53 144 197 22,235 CAS/Armed Recon 28 161 189 28,754 Airlift 326 326 51,207 Air refueling 102 102 14,311 Rescue 61 61 6,601 Total...