Daily Report

Dec. 9, 2008

New CSAR-X Amendment Issued

The Air Force released the newest update to its CSAR-X solicitation, amendment 7, on Dec. 5. In a statement issued that same day, the service said the amendment contains “minor changes” that are meant “to further clarify” how it will...

GDF Rotations Start

Without fanfare, the Air Force has begun placing its B-2A and B-52H bomber wings in rotations designed to stress training and preparation to execute their nuclear mission, the Daily Report has learned. In an interview last week, Col. James Dunn,...

Tuskegee Airman Honored

Air Forces Central has named a combat air patrol of MQ-1 unmanned aerial vehicles operating with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, after Gen. Benjamin Davis Jr. (ret.), who led the Tuskegee Airmen of World War...

BUFFs Go Down Under

B-52H bombers currently stationed on Guam participated late last month in a training exercise called “Aces North” Australia with fighter aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force. During a four-day period, B-52s flew 12-hour sorties from Andersen Air Force Base...

Iraqi Training Helos Arrive

Five Bell Jet Ranger 206B helicopters arrived aboard a C-17 transport at Kirkuk Regional AB, Iraq, Dec. 3 for the Iraqi Air Force. These rotary-wing assets will be used to stand up the IqAF’s Squadron 2, along with five more...

Backup Satellite Control Node Online

Air Force Space Command on Nov. 12 opened the new backup satellite control facility for the 3rd Space Operations Squadron at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The new geographically separated node, dubbed Backup Satellite Operations Center-Vandenberg, is now fully capable of assuming...

Robins Elementary School Closing

Officials at Robins AFB, Ga., announced last week that the base’s elementary school will be shutting its doors for good at the conclusion of the current academic year after 45 years of educating children from kindergarten through the sixth grade....

AirSortiesfromSWA

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaDec. 5-6, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 63 20 83 12,580 CAS/Armed Recon 91 115 206 34,967 Airlift 260 260 44,145 Air refueling 87 87 17,024 Total 636 108,716...