Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered two reviews of the nuclear enterprise following allegations of cheating on nuclear-related exams in both the Air Force and the Navy, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said Feb. 5. First, the Joint Staff...
Investments in the Air Force’s part of the nuclear triad are going to get closer scrutiny as the service grapples with ways to prioritize post-sequestration budgets, USAF’s top uniform official in charge of nuclear deterrence operations told the Daily Report....
The Air Force’s nuclear capable bombers and ICBM forces have remained relatively unscathed despite a series of continuing resolutions, a government shutdown, and the sequester. However, investment bills will be coming due as the Air Force looks to modernize the...
The 376th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron inactivated its radar air traffic control liaison positions after 10 years of sequencing and separating aircraft at Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, announced Air Force officials. The inactivation took place Jan. 31 at the Transit Center...
The Mike O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center at Nellis AFB, Nev., went into lockdown in late January after a distraught man appeared to have a gun in the parking lot of the hospital, according to a Feb. 3 Air Force release....
Raytheon built its 2,000th Griffin precision low-collateral missile carried by Air Force AC-130W and Marine Corps KC-130J Harvest Hawk gunships, according to a Feb. 5 company release. “The Griffin missile has proven to be an effective way of doing business...
The Air Force will get its first peek this week at a new single avionics unit being designed by Northrop Grumman to replace 21 unique B-2 stealth bomber systems, the company announced Feb. 5. “One of the most powerful features...
F-16s from Aviano AB, Italy, are flying in Portugal’s version of Red Flag at Monte Real AB, Portugal. “Having an exercise like this is very important because if we are involved in NATO operations, we’ll be working together in the...
