Airmen at RAF Lakenheath, Britain, and Ramstein AB, Germany, last week held memorial services to honor SrA. Nicholas J. Alden and A1C Zachary R. Cuddeback, respectively. A jihadist-inspired gunman killed them in an attack March 2 in Frankfurt, Germany. Alden...
Airmen have sprung into action to assist the people of Japan in the wake of last week’s devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck northeast Japan. Air Mobility Command officials announced that numerous tanker and transport aircraft are...
Air Force leaders gathered last week at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., for the unveiling of CMSgt. Richard L. Etchberger’s name on the memorial’s Medal of Honor recipient wall. “Legends like Chief Etchberger serve as role models for...
Twenty of the Air Force’s 132 enlisted specialties and eight of the 125 officers specialties are considered “stressed” due to today’s high operational tempo, Lt. Gen. Herbert Carlisle, deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements, told lawmakers last...
The Air Force wants to “re-establish itself as a leader in electronic warfare,” said Lt. Gen. Herbert Carlisle, deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements. Doing so will keep the service’s legacy platforms “viable well into the future,”...
Officials at the Global Positioning System Operations Center at Schriever AFB, Colo., are getting ready to launch a new tool that will give troops in Afghanistan real-time GPS coordinates with a simple click of the mouse. The new capability uses...
Weapons system officer Capt. Alain Martinez recently joined Navy Electronic Attack Squadron 140 (VAQ-140) at NAS Whidbey Island, Wash., becoming the unit’s first USAF EA-6B Prowler electronic countermeasures officer. While airmen occasionally fly with shore-based Prowler units, Martinez is unique...
The Pakistan air force last week formally activated its squadron of 18 new-build F-16 Block 52 aircraft purchased from the United States. Maj. Gen. Richard Shook, individual mobilization augmentee to Air Forces Central Commander Lt. Gen. Mike Hostage, attended the...
A federal judge in Argentina last week declared allegations fallacious that the US government tried to smuggle illicit arms and narcotics into Buenos Aires last month aboard an Air Force C-17. “The matter investigated does not constitute a crime,” stated...
