Air Mobility Command says it is kicking off efforts this week to move more than 300 Army Stryker armored ground vehicles to Afghanistan in support of the US military’s troop surge there. Over the next two months, the command intends...
Lt. Gen. Raymond Johns, deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs on the Air Staff since October 2006, has been nominated for promotion to the rank of general for a yet-to-be-announced position. While there has been no public...
Officials at Dover AFB, Del., one of the Air Force’s major airlift hubs, on June 5 accepted the base’s new $54.8 million, 13,800-foot runway that is designated 14/32 from contractor TolTest Inc., of Maumee, Ohio. The News Journal of Wilmington...
A KC-135 tanker and 15 airmen from the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall, Britain, joined military units from 10 other nations yesterday in Lulea, Sweden, for Loyal Arrow 2009, a 10-day exercise hosted by the Swedish air force’s...
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin have successfully completed site activations for the Sniper targeting pod with A-10C units at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., and Spangdahlem AB, Germany, the company announced June 3. Further, site activation work is scheduled to continue...
Members of the Vietnamese military visited Pacific Air Forces at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, June 2 to discuss future humanitarian and search-and-rescue (SAR) exercises with Air Force officials. Lt. Gen. Chip Utterback, 13th Air Force commander, greeted Lt. Gen. Tran Quang...
On June 4, 18 airmen assigned to the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, Britain, together with personnel from Britain’s American Air Museum in Duxford, rolled out a newly painted F-15A during a ceremony at the museum. This F-15A...
Members of the fledgling Iraqi Air Force are now training their own flight medics in the four-week course at New Al Muthana AB, Iraq. While these activities still take place under the watchful eye of the coalition air force training...
Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaJune 4-6, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 72 58 130 6,364 CAS/Armed Recon 46 206 252 15,283 Airlift 375 375 21,431 Air refueling 147 147 7,054 Total 904 50,132...
