The Air Force leadership is bringing together the members of the service’s newly established nuclear oversight board today at the Pentagon for the senior-level body’s inaugural meeting. Air Force spokeswoman Capt. Elizabeth Aptekar confirmed yesterday that the half-day event was...
In order to align itself more closely with the Air Force’s newly articulated mission and priorities, Air Mobility Command on Monday issued a new mission statement, saying its purpose is to “provide global air mobility . . . right effects,...
Lockheed Martin said it delivered the first fully modernized C-5M transport to the Air Force yesterday at Robins AFB, Ga. “The C-5 fleet is now beginning to realize its full operational potential,” Lorraine Martin, Lockheed’s C-5 program vice president, said...
Gen. Norton Schwartz, Chief of Staff, on Monday issued the list of books that he recommends airmen read in 2009. “Continued education is a crucial part of being a professional warrior,” said Schwartz in a release Dec. 8. He continued,...
Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, Calif., recently demonstrated the first-ever fully autonomous landing of an F-16 fighter, the company announced yesterday. Frank Cappuccio, executive vice president and general manager of the company’s...
Edward Ireland, a former Army Air Forces pilot, last week took hold, for the first time, of the Distinguished Flying Cross that he won for his heroic service in the skies over Europe during World War II. Fox News 4...
The Department of Homeland Security’s first Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle destined for patrols along the US-Canada border arrived Dec. 6 at Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Operational flights are expected to commence with it as early as January, DHS’ Customs...
Officials at Columbus AFB, Miss., last week hosted a senior delegation of Saudi military officials who came to the US to gain a better understanding of how the Air Force trains its pilots. Maj. Gen. Al-Sedais, commandant of Saudi Arabia’s...
