New Year’s Holiday

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAudio of this article is brought to you by the Air &...

On the Plate in 2011

The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board is delving into three topics in 2011 as part of its mission to inform the USAF leadership. The Sensor Data Exploitation study will explore technologies that would help airmen turn increasingly copious amounts of intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance data into actionable knowledge. Munitions for the 2025+ Environment and Force Structure aims to identify new weapons concepts enabling the Air Force to engage targets that are becoming more difficult to strike, such as mobile and repositionable surface assets or fifth generation fighters with reduced signatures. Sustaining Air Force Aging Aircraft into the 21st Century will focus on addressing aircraft systems other than structures and engines where investments could be made to ensure the safety, availability, and effectiveness of legacy aircraft. Notional scheduling calls for AFSAB officials to brief the Air Force leadership on the three studies in June 2011, followed by publication of the corresponding reports in December 2011.

Zephyr Sets Official World Flight Records

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgQinetiQ, the British advanced technology shop, announced that the latest version of...

Reservists Help Send Humanitarian Aid to Honduras

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAirmen with Air Force Reserve Command’s 514th Air Mobility Wing at JB...

Developing an Energy-Conscious Force

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgEvery organization in the Air Force has energy overhead, said officials who...

Air Force Awarded Earpiece Patent

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Air Force has received a patent for the Attenuating Custom Communications...

Reserve Your Spot

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgRegistration for the 2011 Air Force marathon will open Jan. 1, with...

Vending Machine Cuts Maintenance Time

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAir Force maintainers at Barksdale AFB, La., don’t have to wait in...

Museum gets F-100D

The Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, Ga., has received an F-100D Super Sabre that, upon restoration, will go on display in its growing Vietnam War collection. This airframe, tail number 56-2995, has special ties to Robins. Retired Maj. Gen. Rick Goddard, a past commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, flew this very airplane on 180 combat missions during the war as a first lieutenant assigned to the 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Tuy Hoa AB, South Vietnam. This F-100D will replace an F-100C at the museum that had no record of combat in Vietnam. The F-100D arrived on Dec. 13, a museum official told the Daily Report. It had been in static display at Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts. Workers will need about 18 months to restore and repaint it into its Vietnam color scheme, said the official. (Museum release) (Museum website)

Air Sorties from SWA 121610

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAir Sorties in Southwest Asia, Dec. 16, 2010 Sortie Type OND OEF...