The White House released a joint statement on Friday, signed by leaders of 11 nations participating in the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, condemning “in the strongest terms” the use of chemical weapons in Syria last month. “The evidence clearly...
Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh received an update this week on the work of the service’s Total Force Task Force, including a briefing on the group’s draft findings, according to Welsh’s office....
Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s top acquisition authority, said he does not expect the Navy to have to significantly reduce the size of its F-35 buy if budget sequestration continues into Fiscal 2015—a move that could potentially increase the cost of...
An aerospace medical service journeyman with the 48th Inpatient Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, Britain, SSgt. Lauren A. Everett is one of the Air Force’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2013. On a provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan, Everett conducted...
Air Mobility Command accident investigators determined that a vehicle driver’s error led to the death of SrA. John E. King II of Sarasota, Fla., on Feb. 17 while King was on duty in the aircraft services warehouse at JB Andrews,...
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall said the F-35 strike fighter program is making progress on the aircraft’s sophisticated pilot helmet, but is continuing to fund a less-capable alternative as a backup, just in case, reported Reuters. Speaking during a Reuters-sponsored...
Officials at Aviano AB, Italy, inactivated the base’s 603rd Air Control Squadron as part of Air Force-wide cost-saving measures. The inactivation took place during an Aug. 29 ceremony, according to Aviano’s Sept. 4 release. “It is truly an honor to...
The US Forest Service relieved the Air Force ‘s specially configured C-130 transports from aerial fire-fighting duties now that the severity of wildfires in the western part of the United States has lessened and civilian air tankers are increasingly available,...
The surviving Doolittle Tokyo Raiders will gather on Nov. 9 in Dayton, Ohio, at the National Museum of the US Air Force for their “final toast to their fallen comrades,” announced the museum on Thursday. Among those scheduled to attend...