Ripping Off the Band-Aid
The Air Force is focused on retaining a diverse and highly qualified force even as it prepares for “almost the largest [force] reduction in a single time period in the history of the Air Force,” said Lt. Gen. Samuel Cox...
USAF to Launch Pilot Career Intermission Program
The Air Force is planning to launch a pilot program that will enable women to take time off from their military careers to start a family and then re-enter the service without missing a step, announced Lt. Gen. Samuel Cox...
A Strategic Imperative
Improving missile defense cooperation with partners in the Middle East is a “strategic imperative” for the United States, said Frank Rose, deputy assistant secretary of state for arms control. Rose, who recently returned from Abu Dhabi where he attended the...
First C-130 Sortie from Great Falls
The Montana Air National Guard’s 120th Airlift Wing flew its first C-130 sortie on Wednesday, following the unit’s conversion from the F-15 fighter, wing officials announced on Facebook. The last F-15C from the former 120th Fighter Wing departed Great Falls...
Brown Tapped to Lead 2nd Air Force
Maj. Gen. Mark Brown, who currently serves as director of financial management for Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, has been selected to serve as commander of 2nd Air Force, Air Education and Training Command at Keesler...
A “Refreshingly Frank Dialogue”
Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Chinese Chief of Defense Fang Fenghui met to discuss ways the two militaries can work together to advance a new model of US-China military relationships, they announced during a...
AFSOC Weather Squadron Inactivated
Airmen from the 10th Combat Weather Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., will integrate into the 720th Special Tactics Group on May 16, following an inactivation ceremony at the base earlier this month, 1st Special Operations Wing spokesman SrA. Kentavist Brackin...
Lakenheath’s Busy Brood
F-15Cs Eagles from RAF Lakenheath, Britain, took up rotational responsibility for defending Iceland’s airspace on May 16 as part of NATO’s long-standing mission at Keflavik International Airport. “While our primary mission is to ensure the safety and integrity of Icelandic...
Fiel Joins the Order
Air Force Special Operations Command’s enlisted force bestowed its highest honor on AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, inducting him into the Order of the Sword last week. “I think Gen. Fiel will go down in history as one of...