The Air Force has identified the airman killed in Typhoon Phanfone off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, on Sept. 5 as SMSgt. James Swartz, an aerospace propulsion superintendent with the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing. Swartz was...
In a move to better manage the sustainment of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, Air Force Global Strike Command has taken over responsibility for buying missile systems parts, relieving the missile wing commanders of that budgetary burden. Effective Oct....
Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems delivered a Space Based Infrared System payload to Lockheed Martin for integration with a SBIRS geosynchronous spacecraft to be launched in 2016. The Sept. 30 delivery was the third payload delivered in 15 months, according to...
The Air Force Uniform Office is fit testing a new flight uniform that can keep aircrews warm in extremely cold weather but is also flame-resistant and not so bulky it inhibits their in-flight performance or creates safety hazards. The proposed...
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Poland Monday in his first official country visit since assuming his new role on Oct. 1. Stoltenberg used the visit to reassure the nation that NATO will come to the defense of all its...
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Oct. 3 he would commit Canada’s armed forces to support the US-led coalition air strikes against ISIS terrorists in Iraq, including attack aircraft and aerial refueling capability. Harper is seeking Parliament’s support for an...
Just a week after Saudi Arabian military aircraft participated in the opening waves of airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria, the US has approved a proposed $1.75 billion sale of modernized Patriot air defense missiles and support equipment to Saudi...
Rear Adm. Peg Klein, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s senior advisor for military professionalism, said the Air Force Academy is taking great steps to improve military training ethics with the recent changes announced by academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson. Klein...