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The Federal Trade Commission has approved the formation of the United Launch Alliance, the merger of launch services provided by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Approval did not come quickly, and there may still be some disgruntled entities, but last week...

There is fresh concern that the Air Force plans to abandon development of the E-10 multi-mission aircraft that would potentially have replaced three older intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance assets. Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute said this summer that even the single test...

NORAD has acknowledged that it dispatched three pairs of fighters from USAF and Canadian Air Force units to intercept Russian bombers that flew into North America’s Air Defense Identification Zone near Alaska. F-15s from Elemendorf AFB, Alaska and CF-18 fighter...

B-52 bomber crews from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D. but deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam practiced their combat skills during Koa Lightning, a US Pacific Command-led exercise, in which they flew four long-duration training missions from Guam...

Air Force combat search and rescue has come up with a creative way to free up space in the crowded cabins of their HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters—attach an inflatable rubber raft to the helicopter’s undercarriage. Called the kangaroo duck—for its...

Raytheon has delivered its first R7 high-speed anti-radiation missile (HARM) pod to the Air Force, designed to find and identify ground-based emitters. The R7 HARM targeting system is the first upgraded pod to be equipped with new hardware and software,...

The Dutch cabinet plans to sign the Netherlands up as a Joint Strike Fighter production phase partner sometime before that country’s November general elections. The Netherlands currently is involved in the development phase and will have the choice of purchasing...

To aid USAF efforts to interest young scientists and engineers in aerospace work, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research hasjust awarded $6.3 million in grants to 21 scientists and engineers who received doctorate-level degrees within the past five years....

The Air Force plans to use the dedication of the Air Force Memorial—set for Oct. 14—as the launch pad for the service’s 60th anniversary year celebration. The theme of the commemoration is “From Heritage to Horizons—Commemorating 60 Years of Air...

The two X-45A unmanned combat air vehicles are going on permanent display—one to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. and one to the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The Boeing UCAVs...

As we reported earlier, the Pentagon wants South Korea to pay more money to support American troops stationed there. Several news reports now quote Richard Lawless, the deputy undersecretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, as saying that...

The United Kingdom wants to buy two of USAF’s MQ-9 hunter-killer unmanned aerial vehicles, recently named the Reaper. The deal, if approved by Congress, could see Britain paying as much as $77 million, according to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency...

A new Gallup Poll shows that Americans still view the war in Iraq and terrorism as the top two priorities for Congress and the Administration. An overwhelming 47 percent of survey respondents cited the war in Iraq as their top...

Airmen with Air Force Space Command’s 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo., picked up responsibility for the latest Global Positioning System satellite—GPS IIR-M 15 launched Sept. 25 aboard a Delta II from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla.—after booster separation....

An Air Force Flight Standards Agency C-21 crashed around 11:30 a.m. yesterday at the Decatur, Ill. airport. Air Force officials say the two pilots on board were sent to a local hospital for observation. The Herald-Review reports that the two...

Oct. 2, 2006 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 14 7 21 CAS/Armed Recon 39 47 86 Airlift 140 140 Air refueling 38 38 Total 53 54 178 285 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance