The 19th Air Force activated under Air Education Training Command on Oct. 1. The new unit, which was inactivated in 2012, was brought back at the direction of Gen Robin Rand, AETC commander, who identified a need for “realigning responsibilities...
Overall the military’s healthcare system matches the average performance of the nation’s private health care providers, according to an intense review of the healthcare system, released Wednesday. But, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that’s not good enough. “We cannot accept...
The military healthcare system “provides good quality care that is safe and timely and is comparable to that found in the civilian sector,” but there is “wide performance variability” between the two systems, according to an extensive study of MHS,...
Though concerns about the Syrian government’s robust air defenses have played a part in the decision to use assets like the F-22 in certain areas over Syria, as of Sept. 29 Syrian integrated air defenses remained a “passive threat,” said...
Turkey, which shares a border with Iraq and Syria, did not participate in the opening airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria last week, but Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Wednesday to join the fight and defend his country from...
Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, commander of the Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nev., is the first general officer to qualify as an F-35A strike fighter pilot. Silveria received his qualification Sept. 26 after landing an F-35A at Eglin...
Though the A-10’s future is still in limbo, pilots at the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nev., are pushing the envelope on ways to perform close air support in challenged and unchallenged environments, Lt. Col. Scott Mills, commander...
The end of the 2014 fiscal year brought a deluge of 93 contracts from the armed services and Defense Department agencies totaling more than $2.9 billion, the Pentagon reported late Tuesday. That included 24 contracts from the Air Force worth...
The throaty growl of B-52s will soon return to Minot AFB, N.D., following the recent opening of a rebuilt runway at the Air Force Global Strike Command base. The Sept. 29 ribbon cutting ceremony ended a three-year, $200 million project...
Australia’s first F-35A strike fighter—dubbed AU-1—flew for the first time on Sept. 29. Piloted by Lockheed Martin test pilot Al Norman, the aircraft made a two-hour functional check flight from the company’s Ft. Worth, Texas, plant. The aircraft will be...