It looks like programs are going to be the main big bill-payer as the Air Force confronts a further $12 billion of belt-tightening over the next six fiscal years. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne told defense reporters in Washington Tuesday...

The F-35 Lightning II is red meat for budget-cutters, the USAF’s top civilian leader told reporters Tuesday. “As programs get larger, they look like better targets” for reduction, said Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne. He hopes that doesn’t happen; he...

Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne expressed frustration that, despite the Air Force’s best efforts, 183 F-22A Raptors looks like the limit for now. Wynne told reporters Tuesday that it bothers him that the new fighter isn’t going to be built...

Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne doesn’t agree with the Pentagon desire to create a unified medical command, he told reporters in Washington Tuesday. Wynne thinks the Defense Business Board—the agency responsible for providing best business practices to the Defense Secretary—overstepped...

Air Force Secretary Wynne told defense reporters Tuesday that he expects the draft request for proposals for the next aerial tanker to be out by the end of the month. Further revisions are beating a dead horse, he said. And,...

The Air Force plans to try to blunt the pain of further budget cuts—it’s facing a Pentagon-mandated $12 billion reduction over the next six years—by streamlining activities, outsourcing, and doing more in cyberspace. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne is confident...

The Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Fighter Wing got an up close and personal look at its future this past weekend, when the 509th Bomb Wing commander, Col. Greg Biscone, flew a B-2 bomber from Whiteman AFB, Mo., to the...

Air Force Lt. Gen. Daniel Leaf is on the island of Guam to brief lawmakers and the public about the Guam Integrated Military Development Plan, which he says sketches out the plan to shift some 8,000 US marines and their...

It would appear to be a step back to the pre-Vietnam War military “advisor” era, because US Air Force military advisors in Iraq will be in lock-step with Iraqi airmen during all manner of operations. The Air Force has sent...

The Air Force plans to fly for the first time a B-52 bomber powered by a mix of synthetic and standard JP-8 aviation fuel on Sept. 19. The service already plans to purchase 100 million gallons of synthetic fuel over...

The first C-17 squadron to deploy and operate from within Southwest Asia—the 17th Airlift Squadron from Charleston AFB, S.C.—flew more than 3,300 sorties, delivering more than 85 million pounds of cargo and nearly 100,000 US and coalition military members over...

The Electronic Systems Center has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. a contract valued at $627.8 million to set up the Expeditionary Combat Support System, an effort designed to help streamline USAF logistics operations. According to an ESC release, CSC will apply...

It seems we missed a relatively important feature of the last test of the Missile Defense Agency’s ground-based ballistic missile interceptor system in that it provided the first occasion for airmen at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., to actually launch an interceptor...

Retired Lt. Gen. Charles H. Terhune Jr., one of the original 10 men to receive the newly created Space and Missile Pioneer Award, died at the age of 90 at his home in La Canada, Calif., on Aug. 30, following...

Sept. 11, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 15 5 20 CAS/Armed Recon 42 40 82 Airlift 160 160 Air refueling 37 37 Total 57 45 197 299 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance