The Air Force has begun to eliminate 50 Minuteman III ICBM silos and five launch alert facilities associated with the now-inactive 564th Missile Squadron at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., according to a base release. The United States is getting rid of...
The connection between airmen perhaps has never been more important than it is now as the Air Force moves forward with force-management initiatives to deal with the fiscally challenged environment, wrote CMSAF James Cody in the January issue of Roll...
Adm. Cecil Haney, head of US Strategic Command, visited Barksdale AFB, La., to get an up-close look at the 2nd Bomb Wing, which operates nuclear-capable B-52 bombers, and to thank airmen for their contributions to the nation’s deterrence force. “The...
A crew of nearly 320 airmen is relocating the Air Force’s airlift presence from a part of al Udeid AB, Qatar, known as Ops Town, to another part of the base at the Qataris’ request, according to a base release....
CMSgt. William Turner is moving on to a new assignment as the command senior enlisted leader of US Transportation Command at Scott AFB, Ill., announced the Pentagon on Monday. Since December 2010, Turner has been Air Force Special Operations Command’s...
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen praised the alliance’s handover of Afghan security and called on European allies to contribute more to military modernization in his 2013 annual report, issued on Monday. Afghanistan “brought together over one quarter of the...
Air battle managers with the Hawaiian Air National Guard’s 169th Air Control and Warning Squadron were able to train virtually for the first time at home at Wheeler Army Airfield with fighter units in the continental United States. Thanks to...
The Pentagon notified Congress of the potential $270 million foreign military sale of equipment and associated support for 30 F-16 Block 61 jets that the United Arab Emirates want to acquire via a direct commercial sale with manufacturer Lockheed Martin....
The French air force christened its second A400M airlifter the City of Toulouse in honor of its birthplace, announced manufacturer Airbus Military. The Jan. 22 ceremony in Toulouse, France, came less than a month after the type’s operational debut in...