B-52 Defends Panama Canal in Exercise

? A B-52 bomber from the 96th Bomb Squadron flew a 15.5-hour, non-stop mission in support of US Southern Command’s annual PANAMAX exercise in which participants practice defending the Panama Canal. The bomber, with an augmented crew of seven for...

Shorter Weapons School Course, More Integration

By Marc V. Schanz
Leaders at the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nev., have made sure the school’s recently updated courses are emphasizing integration, while still building up expertise in individual aircraft and systems. “Probably the most significant change we made was...

AETC Begins Headquarters Staffing Reductions

? Supervisors at Air Education and Training Command headquarters have begun notifying airmen and civilian workers who will be impacted by the 20-percent reduction in all Defense Department headquarters staffing ordered by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Many of the civilian...

Air Force Gets New Finance Chief

By Autumn A. Arnett
Lisa Disbrow is now in place as the Air Force’s assistant secretary for financial management, a service spokeswoman told Air Force Magazine on Wednesday. Disbrow assumed her new responsibilities at the end of July, days after the Senate on July...

Kunsan F-16s Deploy to Alaska for Red Flag

A dozen F-16s from the 8th Fighter Wing departed Kunsan AB, South Korea, for Alaska, to participate in Red Flag-Alaska 14-3, a joint air combat exercise that runs through Aug. 22. About 200 airmen deployed with the jets on Aug....

Minot Airmen Update ICBM Launch Codes

? Missile maintenance crews at Minot AFB, N.D., carried out the crucial task of updating the computer codes that national command authorities would use to initiate the launch of the base’s Minuteman III ICBMs in a conflict. “We change the...

Air Force Academy Creates Cybersecurity Major

? The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., has created an academic major focused on cybersecurity. The new major, dubbed computer network security, is “designed to help cadets understand what the cyberspace domain is and how the Air Force...

Army Gets Defiant in Search for Future Helicopter

? The Army selected a Sikorsky Aircraft-Boeing industry team to mature a medium-lift helicopter design dubbed Defiant through flight testing under the service’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator Phase 1 program, according to the companies’ release. Defiant is based on Sikorsky’s...