Confused Predator

Investigators determined that a coolant leak, which led to a digital control system error, caused the loss of the MQ-1B Predator that ditched in the Mediterranean Sea on Jan 17, Air Combat Command officials announced. The remotely piloted aircraft was...

Missileers, Welcome Aboard

Air Force Global Strike Command recently launched an ICBM officer exchange program with the Navy to provide company grade officers joint experience with Navy deterrent operations, officials announced. “The idea for an intercontinental ballistic missile/submarine-launched ballistic missile officer exchange program...

Djibouti Airlift Redesignates

A C-130J Super Hercules deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, for the first time under the banner of the newly minted 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron earlier this year. The 75th EAS replaces the 52nd EAS as Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of...

Hagel Visits Eglin in Show of Support for F-35

With the fleet still grounded in the aftermath of a recent engine fire at the base, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel paid a visit to Eglin AFB, Fla., last week to tout the program and declare his support for the...

Wightman Tapped to be Acting Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs

The Defense Department has designated Richard Wightman to serve as the acting assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs following the appointment of Jessica Wright as the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, according to a July 11 Pentagon...

Tinker Completes Saudi AWACS Restoration

Air Force maintainers with the 76th Maintenance Squadron at Tinker AFB, Okla., recently sent a Saudi Arabian E-3 AWACs back home with the Royal Saudi Air Force after completing nearly a year’s worth of upgrades and restoration. Aircraft 1804, delivered...

AFROTC Graduates Now Have Reserve Options

Second lieutenants commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps now have the opportunity to go directly into the reserve components. The Air Force launched the Total Force Commissioning Process, effective July 10, which allows graduated seniors the option...