The Air Force has released the names of the two pilots killed April 23 when their T-38C training aircraft crashed at Columbus AFB, Miss. They were Maj. Blair Faulkner, 43rd Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, and 2nd Lt. Matthew Emmons,...

Workload at the Air Force’s three air logistics centers is projected to drop significantly in coming years. The Telegraph of Macon, Ga., reported April 24 that capacity utilization at these three depots (Ogden in Utah, Oklahoma City in Oklahoma, and...

A B-1B bomber dropped a 2,000-pound joint direct attack munition and 500-pound JDAMs to destroy an enemy compound and enemy combatants April 23 in Kajaki Dam, Afghanistan, according to an April 24 release from officials in the combined air and...

Northrop Grumman has won a contract for $79.4 million from the Air Force to supply three sophisticated radar units destined for RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles, the company announced April 22. Under the terms of the contract, which was...

Hurricane Hunter dedicated as Spirit of Keesler: The 403rd Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command unit at Keesler AFB, Miss., dedicated one of its WC-130J weather-monitoring aircraft as the Spirit of Keesler during a ceremony April 22 at the base....

Earlier this month some 80 senior enlisted members from Air and Army National Guard units in 46 states and territories gathered at Sarasota Springs, N.Y. to better understand the two cultures and how to work more jointly. It was the...

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates meant to convey three themes in speeches April 21 at the Air War College in Alabama and the US Military Academy in New York, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told the Daily Report. First, Gates wants...

Boeing announced April 24 that it has completed hardware installation at the new satellite operations center that it is building for the Air Force’s Space Based Space Surveillance system, a satellite for monitoring orbital activities. The center now has the...

Nearly 30 security force members of the New York Air National Guard assigned to the Northeast Air Defense Sector of 1st Air Force at Rome, N.Y., returned in March from a six-month tour to Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, that began in...

The Defense Department has authorized campaign stars for the Afghanistan Campaign Medal and Iraq Campaign Medal to recognize designated campaigns in those two countries. There are three for Afghan operations, ranging from Liberation of Afghanistan to Consolidation II, which is...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaApril 22, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 21 9 30 3,083 CAS/Armed Recon 66 43 109 9,349 Airlift 139 139 13,829 Air refueling 53 53 4,298 Total 331 30,559...