The Air Force has asked the Government Accountability Office to reconsider its decision last month that sustained the protest of the losing bidder in USAF’s $1.2 billion KC-135 depot maintenance competition. “We have submitted a request for reconsideration on the...

In the world of high-tech gizmos, basic human interactions can still be the most effective way to secure peace and stability, a senior Air Force general says. “When it boils right down to it, it is face-to-face contact, it is...

The first four Air Force pilots picked to fly the F-22 without previous fighter experience embarked earlier this week on the initial leg of their two-year-plus training. The four pilots entered the 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz., on...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai would like the United States to include modern fighter aircraft in the package of platforms that it provides to help rebuild the fledgling Afghan Air Force. Of the “120 planes and helicopters of different kinds” that...

The problems with the F-15 fleet have begun to take a toll on major exercises. On Jan. 16, Pacific Air Forces announced the cancellation of Exercise Commando Sling 08-2. According to 13th Air Force officials, the decision was made due...

Air Force Magazine Editor in Chief Robert Dudney says, "The Schwalier injustice has been eliminated, but the Khobar Towers case goes on." (Read the February editorial.) (Also see this collection of articles.)

The Air Force’s newest on-orbit GPS satellite is now fully operational. Spacecraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin announced Jan. 16 that the modernized GPS Block IIR satellite, designated IIR-18M and launched on Dec. 20, 2007, went through on-orbit checkout in a record-setting...

Twenty-four F-16s from the 79th Fighter Squadron at Shaw AFB, S.C., have deployed to Kunsan AB, South Korea, as part of a new rotation of combat forces. During their time on the peninsula, the unit, now designated for the duration...

Canada has signed a US $1.4 billion contract with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of 17 C-130J transport aircraft, thereby filling a dire need to replace aged C-130Es and C-130Hs used today by Canadian Forces. Delivery of the first airplane...

Maj. Gen. K.C. McClain has replaced Maj. Gen. Anthony Przybyslawski as the commander of Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph AFB, Tex. McClain, who has spent most of her 30 years in the service in personnel, had been serving on...

The Air Force has awarded a Bronze Star medal to TSgt. Lorenzo Zapata for meritorious conduct while deployed to Southwest Asia, where he served as a convoy commander for eight months. Deployed from Ramstein’s 435th Vehicle Readiness Squadron, Zapata typically...

According to a former top VA official, the VA’s future “is not particularly bright” largely because of rising medical costs and aging infrastructure, reports Government Executive. Kenneth Kizer, a former VA undersecretary and now a member of the Commission on...

The White House has selected four Air Force intelligence senior executives for Presidential Rank Awards, which focus on leadership and results. The recipients are: William Maikisch, Space and Missile Systems Center; John Kretzer, Air Force Information Warfare Center; Gary Harvey,...

Jan. 15, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 22 4 26 CAS/Armed Recon 48 16 64 Airlift 125 125 Air refueling 42 42 Total 70 20 167 257 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift includes Horn...