The airmen of the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D., last week successfully passed the wing’s first no-notice Nuclear Surety Inspection. The 10-day inspection covered 14 major graded areas, including operations, maintenance, security, and support. Last summer, the bomb...
Airmen and soldiers are working out the fine details that surround the shift of the “last tactical mile” supply mission from the Army to the Air Force, so says the vice chiefs of staff of the two services. Grilled by...
Lawmakers continue to press Air Force and Army officials over the Pentagon 2010 budget proposal to reduce the number of C-27 Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft from 78 to just 38. At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week, Air...
According to Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz the answer to that question is “not fully cooked, but it will be by the end of the month,” testifying at the May 21 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the 2010 Air...
According to Pacific Air Forces, the transfer of the 1st Air Support Operations Group, based at Ft. Lewis, Wash., from Air Combat Command to PACAF has not slowed the battlefield airmen unit in the slightest. The unit switched last fall...
After a three-year negotiation, the Utah Air National Guard’s 151st Air Refueling Wing at Salt Lake City has turned over its last E model KC-135 tanker to the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB, Utah, where it will go on...
The Obama Administration has nominated Adm. Robert Willard to replace Adm. Timothy Keating as commander of US Pacific Command. Willard currently serves as commander of the US Pacific Fleet. There was no word on Keating’s plans. He has served as...
The Utah Aviation Hall of Fame inducted the late Maj. Gen. William Creer as its 23rd honoree, during a ceremony May 25 at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB, Utah. Creer, who died in 2004, was a B-17 Flying...
Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaMay 25, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 24 22 46 5,851 CAS/Armed Recon 25 80 105 14,109 Airlift 140 140 19,811 Air refueling 49 49 6,432 Total 340 46,203...
