The appetite for Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance products over the last 10 years has mushroomed an astonishing 3,500 percent, due mostly to operations in Southwest Asia—where a change in mindset has seen the Air Force transition from largely...
The Air Force wants to look at developing new standards for its remotely piloted aircraft network, so allies and other services can see and receive data generated off of a range of sensors, “tag” it for use or storage, and...
The halt in funding and temporary shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration delayed delivery of the Air Force’s first Block 40 Global Hawk to Grand Forks, AFB, N.D. “That put a backlog in the [certificate of airworthiness] approvals,” explained Bill...
For only the second time in a quarter century, Air Force officials intend to transition a decommissioned Global Positioning System satellite back to active status. Members of the 2nd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo., noticed in late May...
The 3rd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo., shut down a satellite known as B9 after it served nearly twice its anticipated life expectancy. The Defense Satellite Communications System vehicle was operated by the Air Force, but its communications...
CMSAF James Roy is scheduled to travel to Honolulu Aug. 26 to award the Order of the Sword to Gen. Gary North, commander of Pacific Air Forces. The Order of the Sword is presented by the Air Force’s noncommissioned officers...
The 2008 battle for Sadr City, Iraq, is the perfect model for successful urban warfare without imparting significant collateral damage, according to a new study by RAND Corp. By March 2008, a major battle was brewing in Baghdad and Sadrist...
The Air Force completely retired its Block 10 Global Hawk fleet earlier this year, passing all seven airframes to the Navy and NASA. “They were used in a lot of roles that the Air Force never thought about as they...
An Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 led the opening airstrikes in Libya this spring, using its Moving Target Indication capability to detect, track, and identify targets operationally for the first time.”Global Hawk was the first aircraft on station...
About 30 volunteers from the 412th Maintenance Group, the 95th Civil Engineering Division, and the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum at Edwards AFB, Calif., recently lifted an 185,000-pound vintage bomber off its wheels and placed it on steel stands...