Yet another study urges an even greater increase in the size of Air Force Special Operations Command’s foreign aviation training force. That is just one of several suggestions outlined for the new Administration in a recent Center for Strategic and...
In an article he penned for Foreign Affairs, Defense Secretary Robert Gates explains why he has pushed so hard for developing irregular warfare capability—earlier coining the term “next-war-itis” to denigrate those he thought were too focused on developing conventional capability...
The Air Force’s chief information officer, Lt. Gen. Michael Peterson, believes, “There’s too much fighting about cyber—how big it is, who owns it.” So he told an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association symposium in the Washington, D.C. area last...
The 562nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia has just received its AS-9100 certification, following a nine-month process that ensures the unit meets international standards. “It’s a major advantage to us when it comes...
According to a Dec. 3 report on MSNBC.com, the last Defense Support Program missile warning satellite to join the highly classified DSP constellation that’s been in operation since the 1970s, is malfunctioning and potentially could pose a problem for other...
An Air Force Research Lab unit has completed a fast-track technology demonstration project to employ commercial gaming technology to produce the next generation of military interactive training tools more quickly and at less cost. Members of a division of AFRL’s...
The 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., planned to deactivate its 60th Fighter Squadron after the unit’s final sortie on Dec. 4. Some 20 remaining airmen and 12 F-15s of the 60th FS will go to the other 33rd...
US Joint Forces Command has issued a report that forecasts potential threats and opportunities facing the US military Joint Force over the next 25 years—calling it Joint Operating Environment 2008 or JOE 2008, for short. In his cover letter, JFCOM...
Three colonels deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, flew their 3,000th flying hour in an F-16 during sorties on Dec. 2. They are John Dolan, Michael Fantini, and David Romuald. They join some 150 fellow Viper pilots who have reached...
CMSgt. Thomas Perry with the 53rd Combat Communications Group at Robins AFB, Ga., has received a Bronze Star medal for his actions while deployed to Southwest Asia to the Combined Air and Space Operations Center. According to his citation, Perry...
