Johnny Alison Dies
Ret. Maj. Gen. John R. Alison, a highly decorated World War II combat ace, Korean War veteran, and lifetime airpower advocate, died Monday at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 98. “General Alison was a superb airman and an...
Wisconsin Air Guard F-16 Crashes, Pilot Safe
An F-16 from the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing in Madison crashed Tuesday in central Wisconsin during a routine training flight from Volk Field. The pilot ejected and was safe, said Wisconsin Guard officials. Emergency responders recovered him...
Heithold tapped as SOCOM Vice Commander
President Obama has selected Maj. Gen. Bradley Heithold to be vice commander of US Special Operations Command. He’s also nominated Heithold for promotion to the rank of lieutenant general. Heithold has been in charge of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance,...
Air Guard Airfield Operations Course Ends
The Missouri Air National Guard’s 241st Air Traffic Control Squadron is closing its Airfield Operations Officer training course at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph. This Air Guard training program for active duty officers who enter air traffic...
NATO, Russia Conduct Air Exercise
Polish and Russian fighters on Tuesday practiced coordinated intercepts of a mock hijacked airplane near their common border as part of Vigilant Skies 2011, the first-ever NATO-Russia counterterrorism air exercise. In the exercise scenario, a Polish aircraft taking off from...
Space Experiment Returns Home
The seventh in a series of Air Force Research Lab materials-related space experiments returned to Earth earlier this month with the Space Shuttle Endeavour, signaling its completion. This Materials on the International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE 7, spent 18...
An All-Volunteer Guard Mission
The Tennessee Air National Guard’s 118th Airlift Wing in Nashville used four of its C-130 transports to airlift 16 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to Fort Chaffee, Ark., so that its state Guard brethren in the Chattanooga-based 1/181st Field Artillery...
A Beacon of BRAC
Air National Guardsmen from six states have potentially saved the Air Force some $31 million by stepping up to move a radar research tower from Rome, N.Y., to Springfield ANGB, Ohio. Mandated under BRAC 2005, the Air Force Research Lab...
History’s Higher Ground
Using all-terrain forklifts and military trucks, airmen of the 55th Logistics Readiness Squadron from Offutt AFB, Neb., snatched rare artifacts from the clutches of the rising Missouri River. Teamed with the Omaha Parks Department, Boy Scouts, and veterans, these airmen...
Missing Airman’s Remains Identified
Defense Department officials announced Tuesday that they have identified the remains of Capt. Darrell J. Spinler of Browns Valley, Minn., an airman missing in action for nearly 44 years since the Vietnam War. His remains will be returned to his...