SSgt. Jordan Lewis, a CV-22 flight engineer with the 20th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon AFB, N.M., is the airman who died as the result of a training accident earlier this week at Melrose Air Force Range, announced base officials....
Air Force Materiel Command is pursuing new capabilities insertion based on the “three R’s,” said Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, AFRL chief, in remarks to reporters at the Pentagon’s first lab day on Thursday. The pursuits are “revolutionary, relevant, and responsive,”...
The Air Force issued a draft solicitation to industry for the launch services to place a GPS III navigation satellite into space, and, for the first time in more than a decade, it is inviting more than just the United...
The Air Force Research Lab is looking to take the next step in turning its CHAMP (Counter-Electronics High-Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project) into a fielded weapon, said AFRL chief Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello. He spoke to reporters at a Pentagon...
The notion that some senior leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council stayed home because the US won’t sell F-35 fighters to them is unfounded, US officials said Thursday. In terms of munitions, “We are focusing on the near-term security” of...
The Gulf Cooperation Council’s most urgently needed capabilities are in the form of ballistic missile defenses, maritime, cyber, and to deal with “asymmetric threats,” said Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, in a teleconference with ?reporters about...
The Air Force and the Army must do a better job training its remotely piloted aircraft pilots, according to a Government Accountability Office report, released May 14. Only 35 percent of pilots in Air Force remotely piloted aircraft units have...
President Barack Obama on June 2 will posthumously award the Medal of Honor—the nation’s highest honor for valor in combat—to Army Sgt. William Shemin and Army Private Henry Johnson for conspicuous gallantry during World War I, the White House announced...
Air Force Global Strike Command’s bomb wings successfully completed the Constant Vigilance exercise on Wednesday. Airmen from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, La., the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D., and the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman...
The recently created Profession of Arms Center of Excellence at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, launched three new videos of airmen professionalism on Wednesday, announced Air Education and Training Command in a May 13 release. The videos, titled “Excellence,” “Selflessness,” and “Trust,” are...