Daily Report

Gen. Mark Welsh became the Air Force’s 20th Chief of Staff last week during a ceremony at JB Andrews, Md. Welsh replaced Gen. Norton Schwartz who stepped down after four years in the post and retired from the Air Force,...

AEHF-2, the Air Force’s second Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite, arrived last week at its geostationary orbit after more than four months of maneuvering into position, announced service space officials. The satellite will now undergo payload activation and...

In another shakeup caused by the ongoing investigation into sexual misconduct among Air Force military training instructors at JBSA-Lackland, Tex., the colonel in charge of basic military training operations there has been relieved of command, according to press reports. Col. Eric Axelbank, who oversees all training operations at Lackland "lost confidence" in the ability of Col. Glenn Palmer, BMT commander, "to maintain a safe and secure training environment for our newest airmen," reported the Los Angeles Times on Aug. 10, citing a 37th Training Wing spokeswoman. Axelbank commands the 37th TRW; Palmer had led the 737th Training Group since July 2011. Despite his removal, the spokeswoman made clear that "Palmer did not create the environment that resulted in the misconduct." The Air Force is investigating 15 former MTIs for alleged sexual misconduct with trainees dating back to fall 2009. Already court-martials have found three of them guilty and they have been sentenced. Back in June, Axelbank removed the commander of the 331st Training Squadron, the unit in which resided most of the MTIs accused of abuse. (See also Associated Press report via Boston.com.)

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-130 from the 145th Airlift Wing in Charlotte is scheduled to rejoin aerial firefighting operations in the northern United States on Aug. 14. This will mark the first time that the wing is back...

Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s new director, said he fully expects more intense demands for intelligence in the future. His goal is to “operationalize” DIA’s capabilities to better support combatant commanders and the defense community as...

The Air Force in July began using new T-6 Texan II flight simulators at JB San Antonio-Randolph, Tex., to instruct undergraduate student pilots training to operate remotely piloted aircraft, according to Air Education and Training Command officials. The 558th Flying...

Air Force Reservist Col. Kurt Gallegos last week eclipsed 4,000 flight hours in the F-16 on a sortie from NAS Fort Worth JRB, Tex., joining an elite group of pilots worldwide who have reached this milestone. “I’m still flying and...

Janay DeLoach, who won a bronze medal last week in the women’s long jump at the London Olympic games, began competing at Eielson AFB, Alaska, at age 13, according to a Pentagon release. The decorated DeLoach is the daughter of...