The North Dakota Air National Guard’s 219th Security Forces Squadron on Dec. 18 dispatched its first airmen to help secure the missile fields assigned to the 91st Missile Wing at Minot AFB, N.D. The two Air Guardsmen—SSgt. John Chalupa and...
The first of the Air Force’s newly minted undergraduate pilots selected to proceed to unmanned aerial vehicle cockpits rather than going immediately to follow-on manned aircraft training have completed a four-week unmanned aircraft systems fundamentals course, or UFC for short....
Northrop Grumman and the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia have inked an agreement that lets the ALC perform work on the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system, which the Air Force is employing on its tactical and strategic airlift...
Recruits undergoing basic military training at Lackland AFB, Tex., now have a new $28 million Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training course to undergo as part of the service’s new longer—8.5-week—basic training program. The first group of prospective airmen entered the...
US forces in South Korea will operate under a new policy beginning March 1 that permits more service members to bring their families and serve longer tours—36 months at Chinhae, Daegu, Pyeongtaek, Osan, and Seoul and 24 months at Dongducheon...
Iraqi Air Force Brig. Gen. Ali al-Aaragy, air force advisor to the Iraqi Minister of Defense, on a stop at Luke AFB, Ariz., part of a tour to see USAF training up close and personal, said: “I want to thank...
Members of the Kyrgyzstan Parliament and officials from local towns paid separate visits to Manas Air Base, current home to USAF’s 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, earlier this month. Following mission briefs, the Kyrgyz visitors received tours of the facility and...
They are not yet ready to provide a grand opening date, but US Air Forces in Europe officials believe the date is drawing near to open the problem-plagued Kaiserslautern Military Community Center. Delays and cost overruns on the project drew...
NORAD officials say the command does plan to provide live tracking of Santa’s travels on Dec. 24, a program the bi-national command has maintained since 1955. The Website http://www.noradsanta.org/ already provides holiday games and activities and will begin live feeds...
Dec. 18, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 28 3 31 13,008 CAS/Armed Recon 44 56 100 36,144 Airlift 130 130 45,565 Air refueling 48 48 17,528 Total 309 112,245 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...
