Another Shoe Falls?
If a report in The Hill has it right, the Army’s effort to replace its elderly C-23 Sherpas with new C-27J Spartans has been upended by the Office of the Secretary of Defense in 2010 budget decisions not announced by...
Looking for “Perfecto”
Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff, told attendees at the DOD Acquisition Insight Days April 21 in Dayton, Ohio, that service acquisition professionals must ensure that bidding and acquisition are “perfecto,” reports the Dayton Daily News. Emphasizing the...
Forever Man
The Air Force is nearing the release of a roadmap that lays out the necessary steps to keep the Minuteman III ICBM fleet viable out to 2030, according to Maj. Gen. Donald Alston, who heads the Air Staff’s strategic deterrence...
Closing the Air Alert Gap
The Air Force and Air National Guard are working to alleviate the rapidly approaching shortfall of fighter aircraft to perform the Air Sovereignty Alert mission, the bulk of which falls to the Air Guard, senior officials told the House Armed...
“We Had Our Chance”
According to Lockheed Martin’s chief financial officer, the company has thrown in the towel over the curtailment of the F-22 Raptor program announced earlier this month by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Bruce Tanner, Lockheed executive vice president and CFO, told...
Looking Forward to Raptors
The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron still expects to receive its first two of 20 new F-22 Raptors beginning in June 2010 and plans to send off the last of its F-15s in September 2010, reports the Honolulu...
Hogs, Friends in Bulgaria
Airmen of the 81st Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, have been conducting close air support and combat search and rescue training with Bulgarian counterparts under Reunion April 2009, which began April 7 and runs through April 28 at Bezmer...
Captain Receives Bronze
Air Forces Central boss, Lt. Gen. Gary North, presented a Bronze Star medal to Capt. Josh Aultman during a visit to Sather Air Base in Iraq April 15. Aultman has been serving as communications planner for the Multi-National Force-Baghdad and...
Early Weather Service Leader Dies
Retired Lt. Gen. William O. Senter, 99, died April 19 in Palm City, Fla. The Texas native graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1933, achieved his pilot wings in 1934 and served initially with a bomb...
Air Sorties from SWA
Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaApril 20, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 26 20 46 4,303 CAS/Armed Recon 26 84 110 10,761 Airlift 150 150 14,720 Air refueling 46 46 4,855 Total 352 34,639...