Capt. Andreas H. Ix, a C-17 pilot now assigned to Altus AFB, Okla., is the recipient of the 2005 Koren Kolligan Jr. Trophy, the only individual safety award presented annually by the Air Force Chief of Staff. On March 10,...

The Air National Guard’s recruiting numbers slipped in April, when ANG reached only 92 percent of its goal, according to the Pentagon. This is disappointing after it appeared the Air Guard had turned a recruiting corner in March, posting 100...

More than two dozen Adjutants General arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday to support legislation designed to increase the power afforded the National Guard. Among other actions, it would make the head of the National Guard Bureau a four-star general with...

Creator of Montgomery GI Bill Dies: Former Congressman Gillespie V. “Sonny” Montgomery, 85, died Friday in Meridian, Miss., following a long illness. Montgomery, who spent 35 years in active and National Guard service, was known as a premier champion of...

Lt. Gen. Daniel James III formally retired Wednesday as the director of the Air National Guard, serving in that post since June 2002. Over his 38-year career, James accumulated more than 4,000 flying hours, including flying 300 combat missions in...

It is “very clear that there are underground structures in the world that are beyond the limits of US power” to destroy, said Linton Brooks, undersecretary of energy for nuclear security, in a meeting with the Defense Writers Group Thursday....

If the US does eventually develop penetrating nuclear weapons capable of knocking out buried military sites, don’t expect the weapons to be neat. There is “certainly no way” to avoid a large amount of radioactive fallout if an earth penetrating...

A fresh USA Today/Gallup poll shows that only 33 percent of Americans say they are confident that the United Nations can deal with Iran’s continued belligerence over its nuclear program. That is down from the 47 percent who expressed confidence...

Air Force Space Command is sending forth emissaries to schools to talk up the benefits of pursuing science and engineering programs. There is a well-known dearth of students pursuing math and science. According to Stars and Stripes, AFSPC engineers and...

Members of the 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena AB, Japan, recently honored the eight US service members killed during Operation Eagle Claw—best known as Desert One—the April 24, 1980, failed attempt to rescue American hostages from the American Embassy in...

Fallon Pushes Mil-to-Mil in Beijing: Adm. William Fallon, chief of US Pacific Command, met with top Chinese leaders Thursday to talk about the country’s military buildup and, he hopes, to improve communications between Chinese and American militaries. Fallon has been...

AFA National President Bob Largent says the airmen—active, Guard, and Reserve—he has talked with on his tour of US Central Command’s area of operations are professional, resourceful, and dedicated. He notes the creative enhancements one unit of airmen developed to...

An Ailing USAF F-16 Gets a Navy Fuselage: The technicians at the Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah, have finally fixed an F-16 that was damaged in a December 2000 accident, and the repair, says officials, will wind up...

Boeing Completes Silo Tests: Boeing has successfully tested the modified underground silo and launch system components for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor, clearing the way for the system’s upcoming flight test this summer. Company officials say the tests validated...

The National Museum of the US Air Force now is home to the C-141 known as the Hanoi Taxi for its role in repatriating Vietnam War prisoners of war. It was the last C-141 serving in the Air Force and...

The Air Force has awarded contracts to both Orbital Sciences and Andrews Space (a Seattle-based company started in 1999) to define architectures for the Hybrid Launch Vehicle Studies and Analysis Program. Orbital says it will develop an operationally responsive space...

May 10, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 13 8 21 CAS/Armed Recon 48 18 66 Airlift 170 170 Air refueling 30 30 Total 61 26 200 287 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance