The Air Force and National Aeronautic Association awarded four F-16 pilots the 2007 Mackay Trophy at NAA’s fall awards banquet Monday in Washington, D.C. These pilots, Col. Charles L. Moore, Lt. Col. Stephen C. Williams, Capt. Lawrence T. Sullivan, and...
For the first time in more than four years, B-52H bombers and their crews from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D., and 2nd BW at Barksdale AFB, La., came together Oct. 28 at Minot to participate in a...
The first four Air Force pilots picked to fly the F-22 without previous fighter experience took a big step forward in their training Nov. 1 by graduating from the first F-22 basic course at Tyndall AFB, Fla. These pilots began...
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team designing the Air Force’s GPS Block III satellite has successfully completed the program’s integrated baseline review with service officials, the company announced Monday. The IBR looked at the entire GPS III program and established a...
Air Force Reserve Command’s 556th RED HORSE Squadron officially moved Oct. 1 from Lackland AFB, Tex., to its new home at Hurlburt Field, Fla. There, the unit is partnering with Hurlburt’s active duty 823rd RHS under a total force integration...
Capt. Carl Close and TSgt. James Thompson last month were awarded Bronze Star medals for their actions during 12-month deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, respectively. Close, assigned to the 92nd Logistic Readiness Squadron at Fairchild AFB, Wash., received his medal...
The Air Force has awarded General Electric a contract with a maximum potential worth of $185 million to continue developmental work that holds the potential of vastly improving the performance of turbine engines, the Department of Defense announced Nov. 3....
Members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Group are staffing a new command post set up by the Air Force at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. The base is NATO-led, but since there is a growing Air Force mission there, the service...
An MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle crashed Nov. 2 in southern Afghanistan, the Air Force said in a release. The service said it intends to convene an accident investigation board to determine the cause of the mishap. Before this accident,...
Nov. 2, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 29 14 43 11,202 CAS/Armed Recon 45 68 113 31,548 Airlift 140 140 39,862 Air refueling 53 53 15,518 Total 349 98,130 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance...
