Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to announce about $100 billion in specific budget savings as well as some program cuts by the end of the week. Reuters reports that these announcements possibly could include a new restructuring of the...
The 362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at JB Balad, Iraq, has flown its 5,000th combat sortie over that nation. The MC-12W unit conducted its first mission in June 2009 and needed less than 18 months to reach the 5,000 mark last...
Air Force officials are considering whether to dock Lockheed Martin for the propulsion system malfunction that has slowed the operational debut of the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite. “The Air Force is reviewing its options relative to...
The White House will delay the release of the Fiscal 2012 budget by at least one week until the week of Feb. 14. USA Today reports that the delay likely is the result of two factors: Congress’ inability to finalize...
Simulated exercises in a virtual battlespace that merge air, space, and cyber operations not only prepare airmen for future threats, but also save the Air Force millions of dollars a year. The 705th Combat Training Squadron at Kirtland AFB, N.M.,...
Members of the 505th Operations Squadron from Nellis AFB, Nev., helped prepare the Marine Corps’ Regimental Combat Team-8 for deployment to Afghanistan during Exercise Spartan Resolve at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The squadron’s joint integration team supplied a Theater Battle Management...
Air Force Materiel Command launched a new campaign coinciding with the start of 2011 known as the “Year of the Community College of the Air Force.” Its goal is to encourage all airmen—though the campaign specifically targets E-4s to E-7s—to...
The Afghan air force has retired the last if its Antonov An-26 transport aircraft, taking another important step forward in its transition to a more modern and capable force with the help of US Air Force and NATO air advisors....
Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the iconic face of “Rosie the Riveter” depicted on the famous World War II “We Can Do It!” poster, has died in Lansing, Mich. She was 86. Her death on Dec. 26 was the result of complications...
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Dec. 19, 2010 Sortie Type OND OEF OND/OEF Total YTD ISR 24 71 95 27,541 CAS/Armed Recon 14 78 92 34,708 Airlift 168 168 61,253 Air refueling 46 46 17,078 Rescue 13 13 8,055 Total...