Pacific Air Forces “doesn’t have the lock on the tyranny of distance,” said Lt. Gen. Tom Jones, vice commander of US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. Instead of being defined by water, USAFE-AFAFRICA’s tyranny of distance is defined by...
During the 1990s, US Air Forces in Europe supported one combatant command. USAFE was made up of four separate staffs, including headquarters and three numbered air forces. There were 25 main operating bases, at which some 72,000 Air Force personnel...
The Air Force increased the age limit for enlisted accessions from 27 to 39, a change that “affects all 130-plus enlisted career specialties,” according to a service release. “We are just complying with [Defense Department] mandates on the max age...
The first batch of second-hand Su-25 ground-attack jets that the Iraqi government ordered from Belarus and Russia to help it fight back the Islamist militant force threatening the country arrived in Baghdad, reported Al Jazeera on Sunday. The five airplanes...
Airmen with the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE squadron began work on a new concrete pad at al Udeid AB, Qatar, that will allow maintainers of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing to work on aircraft under the cover of shade and...
Raytheon and the Air Force completed a series of flight tests of the Small Diameter Bomb II, according to the company. The munition, using upgraded hardware and electronics, “successfully acquired and engaged several stationary targets,” states Raytheon’s June 26 release....
Air Force Global Strike Command recently demonstrated Northrop Grumman’s AN/ASQ-236 Dragon’s Eye, a podded active electronically scanned array radar, on a B-52 bomber, according to a command release. The radar “enhances the B-52’s ability to operate in both contested environments...
Officials cut the ceremonial ribbon, opening the new family lounge in the passenger terminal at McChord Field, Wash., on the grounds of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. “Efforts to upgrade the McChord family lounge began in the spring of 2011,” said 2nd...