A contingent of airmen and B-52s from Barksdale AFB, La., flew to Andersen AFB, Guam, to provide the next rotation of the Air Force’s continuous bomber presence at the Pacific air hub. The airmen began departing Barksdale on Oct. 1...
The Air Force has reestablished squadron commander support staffs to help commanders manage administrative duties and other functions, announced service personnel officials on Oct. 9. The change took effect on Oct. 1 based on a decision that the Air Force...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his fellow NATO defense ministers held discussions in Brussels on Oct. 9 on how the alliance will adapt as both the United States and Europe face tough fiscal times and changing security priorities. Specifically, the...
The last C-5A Galaxy at Westover ARB, Mass., departed the base for good en route to retirement at the Air Force’s aircraft boneyard in the Arizona desert, according to base officials. The 44-year-old airframe (aircraft No. 68-0211) left Westover on...
Red Horse civil engineers completed a new crew-prep facility for the 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. “The new facility is right on the ramp, closer to the aircraft, and closer to the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility,”...
Boeing finished a combined preliminary and critical design review with the Air Force for its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals, announced company officials. “This achievement indicates we are ready to begin implementation of our design,” said Boeing’s FAB-T Program...
Both the Air Force’s Active Duty component and the Air Force Reserve met their recruiting goals through the first 11 months of Fiscal 2012, while the Air National Guard surpassed its numerical accessions target during that same span, according to...
A team at Arnold AFB, Tenn., completed initial site-acceptance testing for the base’s new Space Threat Assessment Testbed that is designed to simulate realistic orbital operational environments so that engineers can evaluate and validate satellites and other hardware before they...
Northrop Grumman announced the successful completion of integration and ambient functional testing for the third highly elliptical orbit payload in the Space Based Infrared System family. “The HEO-3 payload is on track to provide the same high-quality global persistent infrared...
Rolls-Royce opened its first around-the-clock support center in the United States to provide its US defense customers with quick technical assistance, announced the company on Oct. 9. The $2 million operations center is located in the company’s new Rolls-Royce Meridian...
