Air Force Leadership Salutes America’s Veterans
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, and CMSAF James Roy thanked America’s more than 22 million military veterans, including some four million who have donned Air Force blue, in their 2012 Veterans’ Day message. “The...
Cody Selected as Next Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh has named CMSgt. James A. Cody to serve as the 17th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, announced service officials. Cody, currently assigned as command chief of Air Education and Training Command, will...
Spirit World Tour, Coming to a Theater Near You
Starting next year, B-2 bombers will begin regular worldwide training deployments to each of the US combatant command’s areas of responsibility, according to 8th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Stephen Wilson. “Our B-2s will rotate to forward operating locations all...
Iranian Jet Fires on Predator
An Iranian Su-25 fighter last week shot at an unarmed MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft flying over the international waters of the Arabian Gulf, but did not succeed in hitting the US platform, confirmed Pentagon Press Secretary George Little on...
No Plan B
Space launches involving Pratt & Whitney’s RL-10 upper-stage motor will have to wait until investigators determine the cause of an anomaly with this engine during the recent launch of a GPS IIF satellite, said Gen. William Shelton, Air Force Space...
Next-Gen Logistics System Gets Axed
After spending more than $1 billion on it since 2005, the Air Force notified Congress that it is canceling the Expeditionary Combat Support System, reported the Dayton Business Journal. ECSS was the supply chain management tool that service officials thought...
Doctrinal Drum Roll, Please
Service leaders will radically streamline Air Force doctrine next year to make it easier to update and more easily accessible to leaders and planners, announced Air University officials. Dubbed “Doctrine Next,” the effort will consolidate 32 current publications into a...
Fitting In
The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, operating from an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia, held its inaugural Command Sponsorship Program family dinner and base tour for families permanently assigned to the installation. The event provided members of the 10 families...
Advance to Albuquerque
Idaho Air National Guard A-10s from the 124th Fighter Wing at Gowen Field near Boise are on a week-long simulated deployment to Kirtland AFB, N.M. The exercise runs through Nov. 10, according to Kirtland’s Nov. 7 release. The posse of...
Japan Likely to Join F-35 Production
Japan is poised to allow domestic industry to participate in international F-35 production, breaking the Asian nation’s long-time ban on weapons export, reports AFP. The Japanese government is expected on Nov. 9 to decide on Japanese industry’s participation in the...