Lawmakers on Monday released the Fiscal 2014 omnibus appropriations bill, the legislation that would provide discretionary funding for the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year and supersede the continuing resolution that expires on Jan. 15. Among the...

The commission established to study how the Air Force could improve its structure will unveil its recommendations to the President and Congress on Jan. 30. Commission members will distribute their study report to House lawmakers and take questions from them...

Airmen of the 405th Air Expeditionary Group are playing a critical role in the US and allied drawdown in Afghanistan, according to an Air Forces Central Command release. The group’s 800-some airmen, operating out of an undisclosed location in the...

A dozen F-16s with the South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing in Sioux Falls fled winter winds for two weeks of tactical flying and weapons training in Arizona. The South Dakota jets arrived at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., on...

Boeing tested new anti-jamming technology on WGS-6, the Air Force’s sixth Wideband Global Satellite Communications spacecraft, announced the company on Monday. During the mid December test, Boeing sent a US government-developed, protected signal through WGS-6; engineers confirmed that the signal...

Active Duty airmen, Air National Guardsmen, and Air Force Reservists trained together in the inaugural Total Force Integration Warrior Day at JB Hickam-Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Hickam C-17s, F-22s, and KC-135s flew sorties on Jan. 10 in simulated regional scenarios, such...

Active Duty airmen of the 50th Airlift Squadron and Air Force Reservists of 22nd Air Force’s Det. 1 conducted their first dedicated training sorties together as they prepare to operate combat-coded C-130Hs at Little Rock AFB, Ark., under a new...

Air Force officials asked industry for estimates on updating the T-1A Jayhawk fleet with a new cockpit and avionics suite. The service seeks to keep these airplanes viable for their projected service life out to 2035 via a “modern avionics...

Unlike past years, members of Air Force Reserve Command’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler AFB, Miss., will not fly out to JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, with their WC-130Js to gather information on Pacific winter storms for the National Weather...