Two Airmen Die in CV-22 Crash
The Pentagon on Saturday identified two airmen who perished in the April 8 crash of a USAF CV-22 Osprey that claimed the lives of a US soldier and a civilian employee and injured others on board. The airmen were Maj....
Twilight for Tyndall F-15s
Air Force officials at Tyndall AFB, Fla., announced the imminent departure of the first of the 325th Fighter Wing’s F-15s, caught in USAF’s legacy fighter drawdown of some 250 aircraft to free money to address other equipment necessities and personnel...
Two for One at Spangdahlem
Also affected by the legacy fighter drawdown (see Twilight for Tyndall F-15s above), the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, which loses almost half its F-16 fleet, plans to shutter two fighter squadrons—22nd FS and 23rd FS—and form a...
More Lawmakers Decry C-130 Plan
The recently revealed plan by USAF to transfer some Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command C-130s to the active duty force has drawn the ire of 23 lawmakers who complained to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley in an...
Save Bodies, Trim Cold War-style Logistics
Air Force senior logisticians asked Rand Corp. to analyze the service’s Cold War-structured logistics enterprise with the expectation that USAF could operate more efficiently, thus saving personnel who could be redirected to fill stressed fields such as security forces and...
Warner Robins Hiring
The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Georgia has received about 2,500 applications for apprentice sheet metal mechanics and 2,218 others for apprentice aircraft mechanics toward a new hiring push to fill 400 to 500 jobs over the next six...
Dover to Host Fisher House
Officials are slated to break ground May 1 at Dover AFB, Del., for a new Fisher House that will be dedicated to families of fallen service members. Dover is home to the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center, which operates...
F-86 Record Setting Pilot Dies
Retired Maj. Gen. Fred J. Ascani, who flew the F-86E to a new world airspeed record in 1951, died March 28. He was 92 and suffered from lung cancer, reports the Washington Post. Ascani graduated from the US Military Academy...
Enola Gay Crewman Dies
Enola Gay Crewman Dies: Former Lt. Morris R. Jeppson, who served as assistant weaponeer on the B-29 Enola Gay when it dropped the atom bomb on Japan on Aug. 6, 1945, died March 30. He was 87. According to an...
Air Sorties in SWA 040610
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, April 6, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 22 43 65 5,810 CAS/Armed Recon 20 78 98 8,750 Airlift 204 204 16,112 Air refueling 47 47 4,034 Rescue 39 39 925 Total...