Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley is about to launch a new kind of study of Operation Anaconda, the March, 2002 campaign in Afghanistan notable for the miscommunication between the Air Force and Army. Moseley wants the...
Despite recent statements from senior Air Force leaders that it is time for the Army to take back the war on terror jobs being conducted by airmen “in lieu of” soldiers, the Air Force doesn’t plan to cut back on...
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway told Pentagon reporters Friday that the MV-22 Osprey would begin serving in Iraq in September. Conway was not ready last month to give a date, but he clearly was chomping at the bit. The...
New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer has joined other lawmakers, including Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York), to ask the Air Force to be more open in its new review of proposals for the combat search...
Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne has given the OK to shoot for 2010 as the date when USAF would certify the use of synthetic fuel for its entire aircraft fleet, according to Paul Bollinger, special assistant to the Assistant Secretary...
A plant that will produce commercial quantities of synthetic fuel is under construction in East Dubuque, Ill., USAF’s special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Logistics tells the Daily Report. Paul Bollinger said...
The Air Force has released its draft environmental assessment for the replacement of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s F-15s with F-22s with a finding of “no significant impact.” The EA, which is available online here (caution: large file), took into...
The Michigan Adjutant General, Air National Guard Maj. Gen. Tom Cutler, is searching for a new interim mission for the 110th Fighter Wing in Battle Creek, which loses its A-10s to Selfridge by 2011. The Battle Creek unit is in...
The Air Force has awarded the Bronze Star to MSgt. Al Schneider, the command explosive ordnance disposal superintendent for Pacific Air Forces, for his efforts while deployed to Iraq. Schneider served at Forward Operating Base Paliwoda, near Baghdad, as team...
A contingent of 32 airmen in Southwest Asia runs Camp Patriot for the Army. Members of the 586th Expeditionary Mission Support Group provide transportation services, meals, lodging, fitness center operations, and civil engineering functions—all the services that normally sustain troops...
It seems that at least one party—Horsham Township manager Michael McGee—is not necessarily pleased by the deal struck by Pennsylvania’s governor and Congressional delegation that would ultimately turn Willow Grove over to the state. The Intelligencer reports that McGee, who...
Boeing took an E-3 AWACS aircraft upgraded with Block40/45 improvements for a successful seven-hour test spin recently, according to an April 12 company release. Boeing calls the upgrade program “the single largest enhancement in the history of the US Air...
April 12-13, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 21 20 41 CAS/Armed Recon 105 107 212 Airlift 310 310 Air refueling 85 85 Total 126 127 395 648 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...