The Administration is asking Congress to provide the Air Force with $117 billion next fiscal year to sustain its fleet for the current fight, build a new inventory, and take care of its personnel. The total is $8.6 billion, or...

The F-15C that crashed into the ocean Friday afternoon off Hawaii had just passed the thorough structural inspection USAF instituted for each F-15 A-D model aircraft after the fleet-wide grounding, so officials say they do not believe the problem was...

The new boss of Air Force Space Command, Gen. Robert Kehler, is spending some time in Southwest Asia, getting a first-hand look at space forces in the US Central Command area of responsibility. He calls such interaction “critical” since space-force...

Airmen and contractors at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., are preparing for the West Coast Launch Facility’s first launch of an Atlas V evolved expendable launch vehicle. It is scheduled for lift-off on Feb. 26. The Vandenberg space team already has launched...

Several veteran C-130s from Ramstein AB, Germany, made a quick stop—only four minutes on the ground—at a dirt landing strip in central Africa, deploying soldiers to provide training for African forces supporting the war on terror. It was a test...

The Air Force plans to move all field training for ROTC cadets to Maxwell AFB, Ala., this summer. Part of the Maxwell curriculum will include deployment and expeditionary training, utilizing Maxwell’s Blue Thunder Training Complex and the Joint Force Training...

The Community College of the Air Force, part of Air University at Maxwell AFB, Ala., now has its first enlisted vice commandant, CMSgt. Joseph Thornell, an Air National Guardsman from South Dakota. He has been serving as the CCAF’s senior...

Jan. 31, Feb. 1-2, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 67 24 91 852 CAS/Armed Recon 125 106 231 2,747 Airlift 370 370 4,062 Air refueling 114 114 1,296 Total 192 130 484 806 8,957 OIF=Operation Iraqi...