The Pentagon’s Fiscal 2017 budget request will begin years of investment in Air Force training, exercises, and range improvements to prepare aircrews for the current fight and for high-level threats, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said. The budget request, expected to...
The Air Force’s share of the Fiscal 2017 budget request will invest in the health of the service’s maintenance force, which is “critical” to readiness, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said. The budget request, which will be released on Feb. 9,...
The Air Force doubled the number of remotely piloted aircraft operators trained in each class beginning last month, Air Education and Training Command officials announced. “The RPA community as a whole is experiencing manpower issues and there is a need...
The 12th next generation GPS IIF navigation satellite successfully launched from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., Friday morning, Air Force Space Command announced. The satellite blasted off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster at 8:38 a.m. local time on...
The Senate on Feb. 4 confirmed Army Lt. Gen. John Nicholson for his fourth star and new role as commander of US operations in Afghanistan. Nicholson, who will assume command of Operation Resolute Support from retiring Gen. John Campbell, was...
Air Force Reserve Command’s 913th Airlift Group flew its final C-130H sortie before converting to the new C-130J at Little Rock AFB, Ark., late last month, officials announced. The 913th AG integrated with Little Rock’s Active Duty 50th Airlift Squadron...
The US-led coalition striking ISIS from the sky has built momentum and a better understanding of local militia’s targeting the terrorist group, and that has led to increased airstrikes in smaller battles across Iraq and Syria. On Feb. 1, coalition...
An entry in the Feb. 4 Daily Report incorrectly stated the delivery timeline for Northrop Grumman’s APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR). The company will begin delivering the first of 144 units to international customers this year. We have corrected...