The Air Force has been talking with lawmakers behind the scenes over the past few weeks and already has run its yet-to-be-released final request for proposals around Capitol Hill, reports the Congressional newspaper The Hill. The service has been put...

According to a new Air Force release, Gen. Michael Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff, has formally approved the latest revision to Air Force Doctrine Document 2-2, which covers Space Operations. The document, which is dated Nov. 27, 2006, is the first update to space ops doctrine since November 2001. In its foreword, Moseley writes, “This space operations doctrine describes our shared belief about the integration of space power across the range of military operations.”

Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), veteran, long-time defense proponent, and now ranking minority member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has rejected the Bush Administration’s plan to send more American troops to Iraq. In a statement released on the eve of...

According to a new BBC news poll, anti-Americanism is rising, principally over the situation in Iraq but also because of the US role in other world affairs. The poll dealt with issues such as the Israel-Hezbollah war, Iran’s nuclear program,...

The Air Force is continuing to test whether it can use synthetic fuel to power jet aircraft, taking the test B-52 back to its home base at Minot AFB, N.D., to conduct ground tests in cold weather. Testing begins this...

William Anderson, USAF’s assistant secretary for installations, and B.J. Penn, Navy installations guru, visited Guam last week to judge for themselves plans to increase military presence on the US territory. Anderson says joint basing efforts on Guam are progressing well,...

Nine House legislators have sent a letter to President Bush urging that the Administration “embrace the principal of pay parity” between military members and federal civilian workers in the 2008 budget request. Led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), lawmakers from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia—all with heavy loads of federal employees—signed the Jan. 22 letter, citing “the tradition of pay parity.” They also note the effect that the potential for wholesale retirement of “many of our most experienced employees” might have on recruitment and retention.

Today’s—and tomorrow’s—primary action may be in Southwest Asia, but Pacific Air Forces and friends have just sent a medical team to Cambodia in Southeast Asia. They have set up a clinic in a provincial village called Snoul, where the combined...

A Chinese official has confirmed that his government launched a missile into space, destroying an old satellite, but with no nefarious intent, according to various news reports. However, Taiwan is not convinced. Taiwan officials spoke out against Beijing’s anti-satellite test,...

Jan. 21, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 12 9 21 CAS/Armed Recon 27 23 50 Airlift 140 140 Air refueling 27 27 Total 39 32 267 238 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance