USAF is testing a new airdrop system that could provide ground forces and operations centers the exact location and inventory of a container delivery system within minutes of an airdrop. According to an Oct. 6 release, an Air Force Reserve...
USAF employed a new process called “strategic basing” in selecting the 11 initial sites to house the new F-35 strike fighter announced last month. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwarz last fall directed a...
News reports say that Montana residents are complaining about the switch for the Montana Air National Guard’s 120th Fighter Wing from the F-16 to the F-15 because the Eagles generate more noises. The wing has finally completed its transition, courtesy...
Fifteen USAF battlefield airmen assigned to Ft. Lewis, Wash., to provide close air support assistance for I Corps units, recently underwent CAS training with Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets as part of Exercise Twilight, held in the Olympic Military Operating Area....
It’s not every airman who receives a Bronze Star with Valor, much less one presented by a former Air Force Chief of Staff, but SrA. Bren Mejia received his award from retired Gen. John Jumper during a Warrior Call at...
Considered one of the busiest units in US Air Forces in Europe, the 38th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, which calls Ramstein AB, Germany, home, is in almost total flux every two weeks. The unit comprises 199 Air National Guard and Air...
According to an Air Force Reservist and former active-duty navigator who recently agreed to return to active duty to undergo MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted vehicle pilot training, a key reason that USAF is asking reservists to return to duty is...
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Oct. 30-31, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 55 63 118 14,108 CAS/Armed Recon 42 160 202 29,562 Airlift 295 295 40,728 Air refueling 94 94 14,580 Total 709 98,978 OIF=Operation Iraqi...
