When Hurricane Irene took a turn toward JB Langley-Eustis, Va., at the end of August, Air Force officials knew they couldn’t risk such an expensive and critical national asset. They had less than 24 hours to get 28 fifth generation...
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, and CMSAF James Roy on Tuesday issued a message to airmen commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “This tragic event altered our view of the world...
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday swore in David Petraeus as CIA director in a ceremony at the White House. Petraeus, who last week retired from the Army as commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, is the intelligence...
The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center recently completed modification of the first E-3 Sentry to the Block 40/45 standard at Tinker AFB, Okla. The 27-year-old airframe is the first of six low-rate initial production aircraft that technicians at Tinker are...
A tactical air control party airman with the Air National Guard’s 148th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., SSgt. John C. Norris is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2011. Norris...
Raytheon’s Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer demonstrated that it could protect friendly strike aircraft during the Air Force’s first test of the stand-in jammer in a simulated operational environment, announced the company Tuesday. This flight test was MALD-J’s most rigorous...
McConnell AFB, Kan. recently hosted an Open Skies verification team from Russia, providing refueling and ground support to a Russian air force Tu-154M reconnaissance aircraft. A group from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency on Aug. 29 accompanied a Russian delegation...
Load, Unload, Reload, then Repeat: Members of the 58th Airlift Squadron at Altus AFB, Okla., practiced quick response to an earthquake-type humanitarian disaster, airlifting the Army’s Rapid Response Package on a C-17 from Altus. The 97th Operations Support Squadron loaded...
The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $100.5 million contract to supply an undisclosed amount of Paveway II Plus laser guidance kits for 500-pound bombs. These GBU-12 kits are part of an overall $475 million, five-year, firm-fixed price, multiple-award contract...
The Air Force has awarded Boeing a one-year, $2.9 million contract to “develop and validate” the modification of the A-10’s digital video audio data recorder. The contract is part of the A-10 Thunderbolt Life-Cycle Program Support initiative, according to a...
