The unified efforts of Air Force developmental and operational testers from Dyess AFB, Tex., and Edwards AFB, Calif., are making possible the integration and checkout of the Sniper targeting pod on the B-1B bomber at an accelerated pace. Because of...

More than 190 members of the New York Air National Guard’s 174th Fighter Wing left Hancock Field ANGB in Syracuse yesterday (June 4) on the unit’s final F-16 deployment to the Middle East before transitioning to a new mission later...

Air Force strike aircraft remained heavily engaged in coalition operations June 2 in Afghanistan, Air Forces Central announced June 3. F-15Es and A-10s dropped a general-purpose 500 pound bomb, a 500-pound laser-guided bomb, and 500-pound and 2,000-pound joint direct attack...

The 5th Special Operations Squadron of Air Force Reserve Command’s 919th Special Operations Wing formally transferred its flag May 23 from Duke Field, Fla., downstate to Hurlburt Field, its new home. The flag transfer was made in the squadron’s final...

Air Force Reserve Command’s 920th Rescue Wing and the active duty 45th Space Wing, both headquartered at Patrick AFB, Fla., officially merged their two command posts into a single joint operation on May 20. The union, for which officials from...

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has recommended the creation of an independent cost assessor for major Department of Defense weapons programs. During a hearing of the committee June 3 with John Young, the Pentagon’s...

The Department of Defense’s top weapons buyer has reacted cautiously to the call by the chairman of a key Senate oversight panel for a new office within the Pentagon to independently assess the costs of major weapons programs. “I’d like...

The Air Force is partnering with Jones International University under the service-sponsored Air University Associate-to-Baccalaureate Cooperative Program to offer airmen with an associate degree the opportunity to earn a bachelors degree. The university announced June 2 that airmen who hold an associate degree in applied science from the Community College of the Air Force will be able to earn a bachelor of business administration or a bachelor of arts in business communication from JIU, with no more than 60 follow-on credit hours required to complete the four-year degree. “We’re proud to bring top-quality education to airmen through this outstanding Air Force program,” said JIU Chancellor, Glenn Jones.

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaJune 2, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 27 12 39 4,579 CAS/Armed Recon 67 52 119 13,684 Airlift 144 144 19,537 Air refueling 53 53 6,308 Total 355 43,753...