The ferocious tornado that leveled large swaths of Moore, Okla., on Monday spared Tinker Air Force Base and the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, a base spokeswoman told the Daily Report on Tuesday. Although the base was up and running...
An operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM is set to occur on Wednesday at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., following a one-day delay due to a range safety instrumentation issue, according to a release from Vandy’s 30th Space Wing....
The furlough of Defense Department civilian employees will affect 14,434 workers throughout Air Education and Training Command, announced the command. AETC has 822 employees who will be exempt from furlough based on the work they perform; they include safety, medical,...
As budgets continue to decline, the Defense Department’s acquisition community is just starting to understand the value of embedded cyber systems, said Northrop Grumman officials during a panel discussion on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. “This is one of those ideas...
Members of the 728th Air Control Squadron, the “Demons,” held the unit’s inactivation ceremony at Eglin AFB, Fla., according to a base release. The standdown took place on May 17, following the Air Force’s decision last year to reduce the...
The Air Force’s Food Transformation Initiative won the National Restaurant Association’s 2013 Operator Innovations Award in the health and nutrition category. Selected by an independent panel of expert judges, the Air Force was one of five winners recognized for achievements...
Officials at Eglin AFB, Fla., announced a “major revision” to the base’s noise abatement and safety procedures that they say will have a “significant” effect on military flight operations there. Eglin is home to the F-35 schoolhouse. “The new procedures...
Keesler AFB, Miss., is one of five US military installations to receive the 2013 Commander in Chief’s Installation Excellence Award, announced Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. “The award recognizes the outstanding and innovative efforts of the people who operate and maintain...
Retired Gen. Norton Schwartz, who stepped down as Chief of Staff last August, will become president and chief executive officer of Business Executives for National Security in July, announced the organization. BENS’ board of directors unanimously approved him for these...
US Special Operations Command inducted two former air commandos, retired CMSgt. Wayne Norrad and retired MSgt. Scott Fales, into its Hall of Honor at MacDill AFB, Fla. The induction took place during a dinner in Tampa on May 15. Norrad,...
