The Montana Air National Guard’s 120th Fighter Wing in Great Falls is ready for real-world operations a full year ahead of schedule, if called upon, wing spokesman Maj. Tim Crowe told the Daily Report Monday. Crowe said Col. Peter Hronek,...
The Air Force and Missile Defense Agency on Monday successfully flight tested a ballistic missile defense interceptor from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The launch was to evaluate the performance of the new two-stage version of the Orbital Sciences-built ground based interceptor...
Two C-130s and about 60 airmen from Air Force Reserve Command’s 910th Airlift Wing have returned home to Youngstown ARS, Ohio, after five weeks of supporting efforts in the Gulf of Mexico to clean up the Deepwater Horizon oil spill....
CF-1, the first Navy F-35C test aircraft, made its inaugural flight on Sunday from NAS-JRB Fort Worth, Tex., Lockheed Martin announced Monday. Company test pilot Jeff Knowles, a retired naval aviator, was at the controls for the 57-minute flight. “I...
A delegation of 17th Air Force officials, led by Vice Commander Brig. Gen. Mike Callan, traveled in late May to Entebbe, Uganda, to discuss ongoing cooperative activities and potential future engagement with the Ugandan army and air force. Callan said...
The National Guard Bureau has selected Ohio and Washington to host the first of the homeland response force (HRF) units DOD intends to field nation-wide. These two HRFs will be established no later than the end of Fiscal 2011. HRFs...
Maj. William Skinner, MSgt. Sean Houlihan, and SSgt. Christopher Ferrell, three airmen assigned to JB Charleston, S.C., each received a Bronze Star medal for meritorious service on June 3. The medals were presented by Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the...
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, May 26, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 25 53 78 9,285 CAS/Armed Recon 22 83 105 13,691 Airlift 204 204 25,008 Air refueling 59 59 6,390 Rescue 22 22 2,536 Total...
