Not committing to a new bomber platform at this point as the US embarks on a new series of military posture reviews and prepares to enter negotiations with Russia on the future size of the two nations’ nuclear forces is...

Lt. Gen. Robert Elder, commander of 8th Air Force, told defense reporters in Washington, D. C., Tuesday that the pacing item for when the Air Force’s new bomber platform needs to be in the inventory to avoid a worrisome capability...

It appears that the F-35 stealth fighter program is even more multinational in nature than advertised, possibly now including Chinese participation of a sort, according to the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reported yesterday that computer spies, potentially from China,...

Northrop Grumman has delivered the integrated payload for GEO-2, the second Air Force space based infrared system early warning satellite, to industry partner Lockheed Martin for integration with its host satellite bus, both companies announced Monday. This satellite is the...

Five of the nine surviving Doolittle Raiders gathered April 16-18 in Columbia, S.C., for the group’s 67th reunion. Thousands of people attended the event to meet the living legends, who on April 18, 1942, led by then-Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle,...

William Norred, a B-26 bomber pilot in World War II, received a posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor April 13 during a ceremony in Greenville, Ala. Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, Air University commander, presented the award to Norred’s widow Doris....

An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle crashed yesterday in eastern Afghanistan, according to Air Forces Central. The crash was not due to hostile fire, AFCENT said in a release. A board is being convened to investigate the incident. This is...

All 64 major Air Force bases in the US are participating in Operation Change Out, the joint Defense Department-Energy Department effort to replace incandescent bulbs on military installations with new energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs, the Air Force said in a...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaApril 19, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 30 22 52 4,257 CAS/Armed Recon 22 76 98 10,651 Airlift 135 135 14,570 Air refueling 37 37 4,809 Total 322 34,287...