The Air Force has new associate plans in the works for Air Force Reserve Command that include flying F-15Es and flying and maintaining A-10s with their active duty counterparts. Reserve instructor pilots, instructor weapons systems officers, and administrative specialists will...
As the News Miner reports, the loss of its A-10s has not affected the construction plans at Eielson AFB, Alaska. The base just flew its last Warthog flight last month, in preparation for sending the aircraft off to Moody AFB,...
The Louisiana folks interested in gaining the Air Force’s new Cyber Command are working more than land to sweeten the pot. The Shreveport Times reports that Bossier Parish and Bossier City area officials are beginning to look at helping develop...
Gen. Tom Hobbins, US Air Forces in Europe boss, has been in Moscow at the air show, where he told reporters that USAFE’s relationship with the Russian Air Force has “reached an all-time high over the past year.” Russian President...
Some Air Reserve Technicians are balking at the recent rule change that means they would have to don Air Force uniforms—and embrace all that goes with that—to go to work every day. The Delaware State News reports that ARTs at...
The Pentagon’s latest Selected Acquisition Report shows a schedule slip for the Air Force’s B-2 bomber radar modernization program. This comes as no surprise since service officials reported earlier to Congress about the B-2 getting kicked out of its spectrum....
The Air Force has awarded a Bronze Star Medal to TSgt. Timothy Haffner for actions during his six-month tour in Iraq. Haffner is an explosive ordnance disposal journeyman with Air Force Reserve Command’s 482nd Civil Engineer Squadron at Homestead ARB,...
The 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron just flew 18 hours non-stop in the latest Koa Lightning exercise, reports MSgt. Art Webb. The B-52 bombers that deployed from Barksdale AFB, La., flew from Andersen AFB, Guam to Hickam AFB, Hawaii, and back...
Eighteen Maine Air National Guardsmen—dressed in red, white, and blue cycling outfits—bicycled from Bangor to Portland from Aug. 18 to 20, stopping along the way to promote the 60th anniversary of the Air National Guard. TSgt. Mike Smith reports that...
Former Army Air Corps SSgt. Roy E. Talbott, 84, received a Purple Heart earlier this week during a ceremony at the Taj Mahal at Randolph AFB, Tex., for injuries he sustained during an attack by Japanese fighter planes in the...
An MQ-1B Predator that crashed Jan. 17 in Southwest Asia suffered engine failure stemming from a crack in the crankshaft, according to a summary of an Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact. The...
Aug. 22, 2007 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 15 10 25 CAS/Armed Recon 67 45 112 Airlift 155 155 Air refueling 51 51 Total 82 55 206 343 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...