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Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn assured House lawmakers Wednesday that disestablishing US Joint Forces Command will not reverse the great strides in jointness that the Pentagon has made in the last several decades. “We have a much stronger joint culture...

Maj. Gen Robin Rand, USAF legislative liaison, told the Daily Report Tuesday before a speech, that the Air Force has been very successful in explaining its planned reapportionment of F-22s around the country. Members of Congress “understand it, and understand...

Raytheon has announced that it has completed the integrated baseline review with the Air Force for the Global Positioning System Advanced Control Segment, known as OCX. It is the next-generation ground control system for the GPS satellite constellation. “Successful completion...

The US House passed a resolution recognizing USAF aeromedical evacuation personnel and aircrews who help wounded troops "make the expeditious and safe trip home to the United States." H. Res. 1605 also commends these airmen "for their commitment to the well-being of all our service men and women." Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) introduced the measure, which was adopted by members Tuesday by voice vote. The resolution states that aeromedical evacuation flights have transported more than 81,000 patients since 9/11, including almost 14,000 battle-injured soldiers. Wounded troops from Afghanistan or Iraq arrive at hospitals in the US within three days on average—seven days faster than during Operation Desert Storm, and 40 faster than during the Vietnam War. Because of these efforts, wounded personnel now have a 98 percent survival rate, the lowest mortality rate of any war in US history, it notes. (H. Res. 1605 full text)

SrA. Colton Read and his wife Jessica got blind-sided with a pleasant surprise Wednesday when they showed up at a housing community in New Braunfels, Tex., only to discover that they were the recipients of a new, mortgage-free home. Read...

Iraq Air Force Grows by 20 Pilots, Three Airplanes: Twenty new pilots have graduated from the Iraqi Air Force College, joining the pilot ranks of the renascent Iraqi air force. Coinciding with the graduation, three additional Hawker-Beechcraft T-6A trainers touched...

The United States will erect a new air control tower at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, and modernize the Central Asian nation’s en route air traffic surveillance system under a foreign military sales arrangement. Lt. Gen. Ted Bowlds, commander...

Boeing workers rallied this week at the company’s plant in Everett, Wash., in support of the 767-based NewGen Tanker that the Air Force is considering, along with EADS’ KC-45, to be the new KC-X tanker. Everett is site of 767...

The fate of a run-down, Cold War-era early warning radar tower rests in the balance. Perched prominently atop Mount Umunhum, overlooking San Jose, Calif., sits the concrete structure, which was a part of Almaden Air Force Station until its closure...

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear the 19-year-old legal case pitting the US government against Boeing and General Dynamics over the Pentagon’s termination of the Navy’s A-12 stealth fighter, reports Bloomberg news wire service. The Navy canceled the...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Sept. 22-24, 2010 Sortie Type OND OEF OND/OEF Total YTD ISR 71 211 282 19,678 CAS/Armed Recon 36 260 296 25,584 Airlift 572 572 46,299 Air refueling 162 162 12,861 Rescue 75 75 5,882 Total...