Since Sept. 1, airmen of the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at British-run Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, have saved 253 lives and assisted another 580 patients during 620 flying missions in their HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters, according to unit officials. “Sometimes...
Each of the Air Force’s three Minuteman III missile wings last week successfully passed a no-notice limited nuclear surety inspection conducted by officials with Air Force Global Strike Command, their new overseer. AFGSC wasted no time in assessing the readiness...
The A400M, the Airbus military transport designed to compete against Boeing’s C-17 and Lockheed Martin’s C-130J on the international stage, made its much delayed maiden flight on Dec. 11. The turboprop aircraft took off from Airbus’ facility in Seville, Spain,...
More than 100 members of the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein AB, Germany, spent Dec. 1 through Dec. 10 at Nevatim Air Force Base in Israel training with their new C-130J transports. Capt. Sarah Santoro, mission commander of the 37th...
The active and reserve components are maintaining their recruiting and retention numbers right where they want in the new fiscal year, according to the Pentagon. Like the October results, November data show all the active duty branches at or above...
The Air Force and its industry partners on Dec. 9 conducted the first full-scale static test firing of Alliant Techsystems’ Castor 30 rocket motor at the Arnold Engineering Development Center’s J-6 test facility on the grounds of Arnold AFB, Tenn....
The Air Force has reportedly signed an agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company to explore the possibility of harnessing the power of waves off of Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast to generate large amounts of...
The housing management office at Whiteman AFB, Mo., has been selected as the Air Force’s top housing installation team for Fiscal 2009. The office was recognized for its outstanding customer service and efforts in providing quality housing to Whiteman airmen...
Retired Lt. Gen. John Hudson, former commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center, has been named to fill the newly created position of deputy director of the National Museum of the United States Air Force on the grounds of Wright-Patterson AFB,...
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Dec. 10, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 31 26 57 16,347 CAS/Armed Recon 20 44 64 33,323 Airlift 131 131 46,656 Air refueling 29 29 16,318 Total 281 112,644 OIF=Operation Iraqi...
