A Significant Statistic:

Even as the Air Force has been drawing down its airmen, yet continues to provide some 6,000 airmen to fill Army taskings, around 40 percent of soldiers have never deployed to Southwest Asia. We almost missed this information in a...

Filling the In-Between:

The Air Force’s new roadmap laying out potential sites for all the new airframes in the foreseeable future doesn’t quite answer the mail in some locales. For instance, Minnesota Congressman James Oberstar (D) wants to know about the gap between...

Only 90 Days Per Aircraft:

On average, maintainers at Ogden Air Logistics Center in Utah performing the precision engagement modification for the A-10 fleet are turning out a C-model Hog in less than 90 days. They just completed work on the 100th aircraft. Some of...

Longer Waits for Reserve Promotions:

Air Force Reserve officers are facing more years in grade before becoming eligible for their next promotion. For instance, the time in grade for lieutenant colonels to be considered for promotion to colonel has increased from three years to four...

Kunsan Gets More Block 40s:

The 80th Fighter Squadron at Kunsan AB, South Korea, last week received the last batch of its Block 40 F-16s. The squadron received its first F-16s under the Common Configuration Implementation Program last fall, enabling the squadron to train about...

Intel Wing Shifts Alliance:

The Air Force has put the 480th Intelligence Wing, located at Langley AFB, Va., under the umbrella of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency, headquartered at Lackland AFB, Tex., with formal realignment of units to take place by...

Raptor on Permanent Display:

The National Museum of the US Air Force has put the service’s new stealth fighter, the F-22A Raptor, on display at its facility in Dayton, Ohio. The display aircraft, SN 91-4003, was one of nine engineering, manufacturing, and developing test...

Testing B-52 Defensive Upgrade:

Members of the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Barksdale AFB, La., have tested the new Defensive Suite Software Upgrade for B-52s and found it significantly better than the bomber’s current software. Capt. Brian Heck, advanced project officer with the...

First Total Force Command Post:

Active and Reserve airmen at Barksdale AFB, La., have formed the Air Force’s first consolidated command post, which will provide a “more uniformly trained force,” said Lt. Col. Anthony Switalski, Barksdale Command Post chief. The new Total Force entity still...

Air Sorties in the Global War on Terrorism

Jan. 16, 17, 20 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 65 21 86 CAS/Armed Recon 194 80 274 Airlift 396 396 Air refueling 126 126 Total 259 101 522 882 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom ISR=Intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance Airlift...