Gen. John Hyten became the 16th commander of Air Force Space Command, succeeding Gen. William Shelton in a ceremony at Peterson AFB, Colo. Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh presided over the Aug. 15 ceremony, according to a command release....

? Air Force E-3 AWACS aircraft equipped with new Block 40/45 hardware and software are ready for real-world operations, according to a service release. Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mike Hostage declared initial operational capability for the new E-3G Block...

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation into law that will provide tax breaks that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the industry team that builds the Air Force’s Long-Range Strike Bomber in the Golden State. SB-718,...

Since humanitarian airdrop operations began in northern Iraq earlier this month, airmen and soldiers at al Udeid AB, Qatar, have worked feverishly to build pallets to support the flow of aid. C-17 and C-130 aircrews flying with the base’s 379th...

? Members of the 3rd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo., shut down the Air Force’s oldest Defense Satellite Communications System spacecraft, ending the satellite’s more than two decades of providing communications to US military forces and national leadership....

? The flight line at Barksdale AFB, La., reverberated with a series of explosions as 10 B-52s from the 2nd Bomb Wing used starter cartridges filled with gunpowder for rapid engine starts during a minimum-interval takeoff exercise. Using the explosive...

? Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh is asking airmen to suggest books that will be part of the 2015 CSAF Professional Reading Program list. “I ask you to give me your thoughts on those books and movies that have...

Officials with the Yankee Air Museum, east of Ypsilanti, Mich., are one step closer to obtaining a portion of the old Willow Run bomber plant for the museum’s new home, reported the Ann Arbor News. Demolition of the plant, which...