Michael W. Wynne on Thursday was sworn in as Secretary of the Air Force. The event took place before a gathering of cadets at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The Senate on Oct. 28 confirmed Wynne, who...

The new leader of Air Mobility Command has called for more C-17s, more C-130s, and upgrades to the C-5 fleet. Gen. Duncan McNabb also believes AMC needs a joint light cargo aircraft to move the Army’s intra-theater cargo more efficiently....

USAF’s new Chief of Staff, Gen. Michael Moseley, is continuing the professional reading list tradition started in 1996 by Gen. Ronald Fogleman. He has released his first list, which focuses on history. Subsequent lists, said Moseley, will lead readers from...

Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, says that the military services must try to trim the cost of their largest acquisition programs by at least 15 percent or risk not being “able to afford enough of...

The 60-Years-Late Unit Streamer: Sixty years after the Berlin Airlift, the Air Force has recognized the units involved in the historic operation with a new streamer for their unit guidons. Receiving the first streamer—a symbolic one—was retired Col. Gail Halvorsen...

Air Force fighters were called on again to perform precision air strikes in Iraq, according to US Central Air Forces. F-16s launched precision guided munitions, striking a building used by anti-Iraqi forces in the vicinity of Karabilah. While, F-15s struck...

USAF air assets continued their support of Pakistani earthquake relief operations. A C-130 and one contracted B-747 airlifted more than 133,000 pounds of aircraft parts, turbine engines, tents, and other supplies to assist the Pakistani government. So far, the Air...

Florida’s Eglin Air Force Base is at the forefront of fighting one of the largest threats to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan—the improvised explosive device. The base has opened an Advanced Improvised Explosive Device Training Facility, which includes a mock...

The high-flying RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle has suffered some growing pains—namely a couple of engine shutdowns. The events went largely unnoticed, though, perhaps because the unmanned aerial vehicle, which was sent to war while still in development, has...

Four 2004 Air Force Academy graduates have joined the lawsuit brought by Michael Weinstein against the Air Force for allowing officers and cadets at the academy to proselytize Christianity, according to the Associated Press. The four, now second lieutenants, are:...

About 65 Air National Guardsmen with the New York ANG’s 102nd Rescue Squadron are using a deployment to Djibouti, Africa, with their HC-130 to practice their trade: dropping pararescue jumpers and refueling helicopters. They are working with Air Force and...

An estimated 1,500 Boeing Co. machinists have gone on strike after labor talks between their union and the Boeing unit that operates the Delta rocket broke down, per the Dow Jones newswire. Of concern to the Air Force would be...

US Joint Forces Command has joined forces with Lockheed Martin to pursue the ideal future joint command—resplendent in global information capabilities. The collaboration is a three-year R&D effort to determine the nature of the joint task force of the future...

An estimated 150 airmen and 14 Air Force aircraft showed up at Ilopango AB, El Salvador, and Guatemala City, Guatemala, to participate in two international air shows as part of a US Southern Command initiative to collaborate with the Central...

Air Force civilian employees have a month-long opportunity to review and make changes, if desired, to their federal health insurance plan when the open season for the 2006 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program starts Nov. 14. It will run to...

A sailor saved the life of an Air Force doctor by performing the Heimlich maneuver on the doctor who was choking on a piece of food at a base dining facility in Southwest Asia. The sailor was Navy machinist Petty...

Family members of Guard and Reserve personnel mobilized for the Global War on Terror will continue to receive Tricare health plan benefits until Oct. 31, 2007, according to Pentagon officials. DOD recently decided to extend the deadline for an additional...

November 2, 2005 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 10 3 – 13 CAS/Armed Recon 36 21 – 57 Airlift – – 175 175 Air refueling – – 33 33 Total 46 24 208 278 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation...