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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on June 10 finished his two-day tour of three major Air Force bases that he undertook to meet face-to-face with airmen and explain the reasons behind the Air Force leadership shakeup on June 5 and call...

President Bush has announced his intention to nominate Michael Donley to be the next Air Force Secretary and has indicated Donley would serve as Acting Secretary, according to a White House release. Defense Secretary Robert Gates had recommended him to the President to replace Michael Wynne, who along with Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley, tendered his resignation on June 5. Gates asked the President to make Donley Acting Secretary, effective June 21, to have him in place during the Senate confirmation process. As of June 11, Bush had not yet nominated Gen. Norton Schwartz, whom Gates has recommended as Moseley’s replacement. There has been no word on Moseley’s departure date, other than that it will come no later than Aug 1. Moseley issued a letter to airmen yesterday (but dated June 10), thanking them for their service and sacrifices. He said it has been his “highest honor” to serve in the Air Force for 37 years and describing his time as Chief of Staff as his “most rewarding experience.” He reiterated how he takes full responsibility for any “lapses in the control of nuclear-related assets” and any fallout that tarnished USAF’s reputation and the trust that the nation places in the service.

The Senate on June 4 approved the nomination of Maj. Gen. Charles Stenner to receive a third star and take over as Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander of Air Force Reserve Command. According to an AFRC release, Stenner,...

F-16Cs dropped 500-pound joint direct attack munitions and a 500-pound laser-guided bomb to destroy an enemy building with underground bunkers in Tall Afar, Iraq on June 9, according to Air Forces Central. In a June 10 release, the command said...

Members of the Indiana Air National Guard’s 181st Intelligence Wing, together with compatriots from the state’s Army National Guard, were activated late last week to aid communities around Terre Haute and in the Wabash Valley region of southern Indiana that...

The Pentagon’s newly posted recruiting figures for May 2008 show that the Air Force and its sister services met or exceeded their goals for the month, continuing to show strength in a year that was projected to be slow for...

Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said June 10 he agrees with the assertion by Defense Secretary Robert Gates that the Pentagon bureaucracy has been too focused on preparing for the next major conflict as opposed...

About 400 service personnel turned out June 10 at a forward base in Southwest Asia to dedicate a street at this location to A1C Eric Barnes who died in an improvised explosive device attack exactly one year ago to the...

BF-1, the first F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing test aircraft, took to the skies for the first time yesterday, logging a historic inaugural flight of 44 minutes, lead contractor Lockheed Martin announced June 11. The flight took place from Lockheed’s F-35...

Liz, a military working dog with the 437th Security Forces Squadron at Charleston AFB, S.C., was retired from the service June 10 during a ceremony at the base. During her 10 years of service, she participated in a multitude of...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaJune 8, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 24 15 39 4,793 CAS/Armed Recon 26 53 79 14,287 Airlift 129 129 20,262 Air refueling 55 55 6,638 Total 302 45,980...