Three Senators well-versed in national security topics are calling on the Defense Department to consider the feasibility of shifting some Air Force assets from Kadena Air Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa to Andersen AFB, Guam, and/or other locations...

Army Vice Chief Gen. Peter Chiarelli said all four services are diligently working together as part of the Pentagon’s overarching strategic review to identify and eliminate redundancies. “The first area I would take a look at is the ISR portfolio,”...

One mindset that the Air Force space community is adopting to control the costs of acquiring new satellites is to “accept very mature technologies” as opposed to the riskier strategy of “pushing the state of the art of the technology,”...

Since its ride into space almost one week ago, the Air Force’s first Space Based Infrared System geosynchronous satellite, GEO-1, has functioned flawlessly. “Things have been absolutely picture perfect for SBIRS. We could not have asked for a better launch...

With the New START agreement now in force, winning Senate consent for Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ratification is next up on the Obama Administration’s arms control agenda, said Ellen Tauscher, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security. “When...

The United States and Poland later this month are expected to announce the plan to base US Air Force F-16s on a temporary basis in Poland to help train Poland’s new F-16 force. The announcement will coincide with President Obama’s...

The Air Force on Sunday intends to inactivate the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at JB Balad, Iraq. The “Dueling Dragons” have operated out of Balad since February 2006 as “the most forward-deployed” C-130 unit supporting operations in Iraq. The busy...

Air Force Reserve officials have released new guidelines meant to make Reservists more accessible and help reduce stress on the Total Force. Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, AFR chief, outlined the new approach in "Total Force 21: Part II," a new white paper. "Total Force 21 offers assured access, potential cost savings, and operational efficiencies," said Stenner. "After nearly 10 years of combat operations, our nation relies on our Reservists to accomplish critical daily operations as well as strategic surges. This new effort will integrate our people and units into future plans that will rebalance the Total Force mix of regular and Reserve component airmen." Reservist volunteerism remains a key part of utilizing the Reserve force under the paper, which sets the goal of having a 1:5 ratio of deployment-to-dwell times for Reservists. (Washington, D.C., report by Col. Bob Thompson and Lt. Col. Kim Ponders) (White paper full document)

Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, a native of Toms River, N.J., is now a member of the Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey, located in Teterboro. Schwartz was the keynote speaker at Wednesday’s induction ceremony, during which hall...

Airmen from Keesler AFB, Miss., and Vandenberg AFB, Calif., have joined forces to create an ICBM maintenance virtual trainer—Air Education and Training Command’s top nuclear training priority—for use in courses at Vandenberg. Members of Keesler’s 81st Training Support Squadron’s simware...