Daily Report

Jan. 7, 2013

Tactically Minded

The Air Force is establishing an Intra-Theater Airlift Working Group to determine how best to comply with the language in this fiscal year’s defense authorization act mandating the restoration of 32 tactical airlifters that the service leadership intended to retire....

More Help for Sexual Assault Victims

The Air Force is launching the Special Victims’ Counsel Program later this month to provide legal assistance to victims of sexual assault, announced service officials. The program will help victims navigate the criminal justice system with lawyers who expressed a...

Congress Wants Survey of RPA Manning

Congress is looking for answers regarding the education, training, and promotion rates for Air Force operators of remotely piloted aircraft, according to language included in the Fiscal 2013 defense authorization act. Lawmakers want a report from service leadership within the...

New Common Data Link Sought

The Air Force reached out to industry for input on robust data-link solutions to pass information from overhead intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets operating in network-centric environments. The service envisions a new common data link that is able to handle...

Relief for Whom?

As a result of H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, Defense Department civilians will see a reduction in their paychecks, while uniformed service members may see a change, announced Pentagon finance and accounting officials. The legislation, which...

Pelican Completes Ground-Handling Demo

Airship maker Aeros of Montebello, Calif., last week completed a ground-handling demonstration of its 230-foot-long Pelican “aeroscraft,” a rigid, variable-buoyancy air vehicle prototype designed to haul massive amounts of cargo. The company is developing Pelican under Pentagon sponsorship. The demo...

Afterburning to an Event Near You

The Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration team will begin its 2013 flying show season on Feb. 24 with a flyover of NASCAR’s Daytona 500 race in Daytona Beach, Fla., according to a release from Nellis AFB, Nev., home of the...

For Those Needing More Spirit

One of the Air Force’s B-2A stealth bombers, The Spirit of California, performed a flyover of the Rose Bowl parade in Pasadena Calif., on New Year’s Day. Here’s the link to a video of the flyover, which is one of...

Recovered Airman’s Remains Laid to Rest

The remains of Army Air Forces SSgt. Zoltan J. Dobovich, 21, of Rieglesville, Pa., who had been missing in action since 1946, were laid to rest late last month. Dobovich was interred with full military honors on Dec. 27 at...