Senate defense authorizers have laid down the proverbial gauntlet to the Army over the Joint Cargo Aircraft—we reported earlier that they want to move all 2008 funding into the Air Force line. In reading the Senate Armed Services Committee report on its markup of the 2008 defense bill, we find that lawmakers already have asked the Army to substantiate its claims that the Air Force can’t or won’t provide the intratheater the Army needs. To quote: “When invited to provide concrete examples that would give substance to the assertions, the Army was not forthcoming.” Further the report states: “If there were a pattern of the joint forces air component commander (JFACC) providing support that did not match the priorities of the joint forces land component commander (JFLCC), that would certainly argue for intervention of the joint forces component commander to correct the situation. It would not be a persuasive argument that the JFLCC should have his own air force.”

Reportedly the Government Accountability Office is ready to perform a quick alternative dispute resolution to settle the new protest filed by Lockheed Martin on the combat search and rescue helicopter replacement program. On Monday, Lockheed protested to GAO that the...

The first of eight new C-17 strategic airlifters arrived at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, where the active 517th Airlift Squadron and a new Air National Guard unit—the 249th Airlift Squadron—will share operation and maintenance duties. The 517th formerly flew C-130 tactical...

Two fighters participating in the current Red Flag Alaska collided in mid-air, sending one crashing into a rural area and the other limping back to Eielson AFB, Alaska, the host site for the Red Flag exercise. An F-15C from Langley...

The Air Force presented its new Combat Action Medal for the first time during a special ceremony June 12 at the new Air Force Memorial honoring six airmen. They are: Maj. Steven Raspet, an A-10 pilot; Capt. Allison Black, an...

Air Force Materiel Command wants the Air Force to undertake no new contracts with body armor maker Pinnacle Armor Inc., and, if approved, the debarment request would prohibit any federal agency from dealing with the California-based company, reports Megan Scully...

Air Force Reserve Command’s 440th Airlift Wing flew its flag from Milwaukee to the wing’s new home at Ft. Bragg Pope Army Airfield in North Carolina. Maj. Ann Peru Knabe reports that the 440th AW commander, Col. Merle Hart carried...

Solar energy panels are now the means by which the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March Air Reserve Base in southern California is going “green” and reducing energy consumption under funding provided through DOD’s Energy Conservation Investment Program. Air Force...

The greening of the Air Force has spread to West Texas, where the 17th Training Wing at Goodfellow Air Force Base plans to construct a 1.5 mega watt photovoltaic plant. Mike Noret, the base’s civil engineer, told the Daily Report...

Retired Col. Jack Ahren Sims died June 9 in Naples, Fla., at age 88. Sims was one of the pilots of the famed Doolittle Raiders, flying off the USS Hornet to attack the Japanese Home islands in April 1942.

June 10, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 16 10 26 CAS/Armed Recon 63 40 103 Airlift 137 137 Air refueling 43 43 Total 79 50 180 309 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...