Regardless of the type of conflict in which the United States is currently engaged, the Air Force must ensure it is always capable of performing the full spectrum of its key missions—from airlift and close air support to long-range strike,...

The Air Force presented the Silver Star Medal to Capt. Blake Luttrell and a Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device to SSgt. Daniel Resendez for their heroic actions in separate firefights in Afghanistan, reported the Fayetteville Observer. Both airmen are...

Air Force Reserve Command recruiters reached their Fiscal 2012 goal when they recorded their 9,229th enlistment of the fiscal year earlier this month, according to a release from the AFRC Recruiting Service. This marks the 12th straight year that Reserve...

Airmen last week handed over the Air Force Financial Services Center at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., to a fully civilian staff as the service transfers military pay functions back to the base level. “When the center opened in 2007, it was...

The United States has developed the capability to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of its nuclear stockpile through technology and research—while foregoing explosive testing, said Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control Rose Gottemoeller in a speech urging ratification...

Talks are under way between the Air Force and enXco of San Diego, a US subsidiary of France’s EDF-Energies Nouvelles, to develop a 27-megawatt solar energy array at Travis AFB, Calif., announced Air Force Real Property Agency officials earlier this...

The Mexican government wants to acquire two C-130J transports under a $412 million foreign military sale, announced the Pentagon. The stretched C-130J-30s would “primarily be used for presidential support, but may also be used to support drug interdiction and other...