Kwast Takes Charge of Air University

Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast assumed command of Air University at Maxwell AFB, Ala., during a ceremony. He replaced Lt. Gen. David Fadok, who led the university since August 2011. Gen. Robin Rand, head of Air Education and Training Command, presided...

Giants Among Us, Past and Present

Airmen today are part of the lasting legacy paved by the airmen before them, said CMSAF James Cody in November’s issue of Roll Call. “Our history, distant and recent, is brimming with service men and women who sacrificed for the...

Winnefeld: Embrace a Reset

The United States needs to reset its security and military balance in the coming years, as other nations have taken advantage of the time the United States has spent fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman...

Dempsey Calls For Patience in Campaign Against ISIS

In an unannounced trip to Baghdad and Irbil, Iraq, Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Martin Dempsey stressed to US troops their mission is fundamentally different than during Operation Iraqi Freedom. US troops are advising Iraqi forces and the Iraqi government...

PACAF Stands Up Missile Center

Pacific Air Forces recently kicked off operations of the Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, announced the command. The center is modeled on facilities already in use in US Central Command’s and US European...

A Hangar Queen No More

An Oregon Air National Guard F-15C assigned to the 142nd Fighter Wing in Portland recently returned to flight after some 17 months of downtime and $1.4 million in complex repairs. The Eagle’s right main tire exploded in the wheel bay,...

A Fitting Replacement

Maintainers at Robins AFB, Ga., completed swap-out of a major structural component on a C-5M transport that’s designed to keep the giant airlifter flying safely for decades to come, according to a release. All 52 of the Air Force’s planned...

Breaking Up the Test Telemetry Band

.ExternalClass span.maintextlarge .ExternalClass .MsoChpDefault Flight-test bases are working to mitigate the loss of radio frequencies used to transmit flight data and track aircraft and missiles following the government’s frequency auction to commercial wireless companies, according to a release. “The Federal...