Civilian Furlough Days Reduced

Thanks to successful efforts in identifying cost savings across the Defense Department and to Congress’ support in allowing DOD to shift money across its spending accounts, the Pentagon is able to reduce from 11 to six the number of unpaid...

Air Force Brings US Personnel out of Yemen

The Air Force, in response to a State Department request, evacuated US government personnel from Sana’a, Yemen, on Tuesday local time as part of a reduction of the US presence there due to the heightened terrorism threat, according to a...

Pilot Error Caused A-10C Mishap

Air Force Reserve Command accident investigators found “convincing evidence” that pilot error led to an A-10C striking two cables protecting power lines running across Stockton Lake, Mo., during a training sortie on May 22, according to a command release. The...

Striking a Balance

By Merri M. Shaffer
The Pentagon should focus the F-35 strike fighter on dealing with high-end contingencies and not look at it as a replacement for most existing fighter force structure, said Michael O’Hanlon, director of research for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution....

Aviano’s Triple Nickel Shaking off the Dust, Slowly

Even after the Air Force last month lifted the grounding of nearly a third of its combat fleet, squadrons across the service are having a range of challenges getting aircrews back up to combat-mission-ready status. For the “Triple Nickel,” the...

Kadena Bids Farewell to First of its Combat Shadows

Members of the 17th Special Operations Squadron at Kadena AB, Japan, bid farewell to the first of the unit’s legacy MC-130P aircraft as the squadron begins its transition to the new MC-130J model. This MC-130P, aircraft number 69-5825, flew to...

Sniper is Combat-Ready on B-52

The Lockheed Martin-built Sniper advanced targeting pod has achieved operational flight status on the B-52 bomber, meaning it is cleared for combat use on the venerable platform, according to Air Force and company officials. “Achieving operational flight status of the...

Deptula Named Dean of AFA’s Mitchell Institute

Retired Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula, former Air Force intelligence chief, is joining AFA’s staff as the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies. “We are excited to welcome Dave Deptula to our team as a top expert on national...

DOD Applying New Technology to Find MIA Remains

The Pentagon’s Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command is preparing to utilize a new method of searching for aircraft crash sites in remote areas of the world, said Paul Cole of the command’s Central Identification Lab in Honolulu....