Gen. Edward Rice passed on the leadership of Air Education and Training Command to Gen. Robin Rand during a ceremony officiated by Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh at JBSA-Randolph, Tex. “I will do everything humanly possible to ensure the...
The Air Force has reassigned Maj. Gen. Michael Carey to Air Force Space Command headquarters following his dismissal as 20th Air Force commander, service spokeswoman Ann Stefanek told the Daily Report. On Oct. 11, Air Force Global Strike Command chief...
President Obama on Tuesday awarded former Army Capt. William Swenson the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, for his intrepidity during a lengthy battle with insurgents in the village of Ganjgal in eastern Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2009....
The 21st Space Wing at Peterson AFB, Colo., ceased operations of the Air Force Space Surveillance System, marking the end of more than five decades of it detecting and tracking objects in orbit as part of the nation’s broader space-surveillance...
The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia adopted a new mission, vision, and set of priorities. The new mission is to “project airpower from the ground up to promote regional security, enhance strategic access, and strengthen enduring partnerships,” according...
Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces panel, last week asked Air Force and Navy officials what the strategy is driving the development of the Defense Department’s AirSea Battle concept and other...
Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron are closing down their propeller centralized repair facility in Southwest Asia, after having supported C-130H operations in Air Forces Central Command’s area of responsibility since 2006. “It’s a combination of factors, including the...
Just one day after receiving its first two C-130H airplanes, the Afghan air force conducted its first C-130H operational mission, according to NATO air advisors in Kabul. Advisors accompanied the AAF’s first two C-130 pilots on the flight from Kabul...
Defense Department forensic scientists have identified the remains of Lt. Col. Robert E. Pietsch, 31, of Pittsburgh, and Maj. Louis F. Guillermin, 25, of West Chester, Pa., two airmen missing in action since the Vietnam War, announced the Pentagon. Remains...
Draper Laboratory of Cambridge, Mass., is leading an industry group that is developing an app for the Android operating system to allow US military personnel to call in air support more easily using handheld electronic devices. Special operations forces recently...