: The House Armed Services air and land forces subcommittee supports adding $3.9 billion to the Department of Defense’s Fiscal 2009 budget request so that the Air Force can buy 15 additional C-17s beyond its 190-aircraft program of record, panel...
Air Force investigators were unable to determine the root cause of the crash of a Hawaiian Air National Guard F-15D Feb. 1 about 60 miles off the coast of Oahu, citing “no clear and convincing evidence,” Pacific Air Forces said...
The 432nd Wing at Creech AFB, Nev., the Air Force’s sole unmanned aerial vehicle wing, has marked its first anniversary. And what a year it has been in terms of operational tempo and expansion since the standup on May 1,...
With the current multiyear deal winding down and no successor arrangement in place yet, the future of the Air Force’s C-130J program remains an open question. Air Mobility Command spokesman Maj. David Huxsoll tells the Daily Report that, as of...
With wear issues on legacy C-130E transports stacking up, the number of new C-130J models being sent to support the war on terror has increased, according to Air Mobility Command. In Fiscal 2007, the Air Force retired 51 C-130Es that...
Overhauls of the simulators used to train B-52 aircrews are providing more realism and training flexibility, Air Force officials say. “It is now the same view that we have from the airplane,” said Lt. Col. Tom Silvia, commander of Det....
A-10 ground-attack aircraft and B-1B bombers struck targets May 6 in Afghanistan, Air Force Central said in a May 7 release. The A-10s used 500-pound bombs to take out enemy combatants in a tree line in Bari Kowt. Meanwhile, one...
The first group of maintenance crews that will support F-35 flight test aircraft at Edwards AFB, Calif., and NAS Patuxent River, Md., has completed classroom instruction and certification training, Lockheed Martin announced May 2. These mechanics and technicians, who came...
Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaMay 6, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 24 11 35 3,626 CAS/Armed Recon 68 47 115 10,983 Airlift 137 137 16,096 Air refueling 55 55 5,081 Total 342 35,786...
