One of Pacific Air Force’s premier training events, Red Flag-Alaska, kicked off June 9 as the first sorties roared off the ramp at Eielson Air Force Base. RF-A 08-03 is the third Red Flag in Fiscal 2008 in the state....

What are the biggest advantages to units coming up north to Alaska for Red Flag exercises? Put simply, the space—lots of it. In fact, 67,000 square miles to be precise, spread over two large chunks of the Last Frontier known...

The Air Force is trying to sort out just how it will halt its personnel drawdown, given the statement this week by Defense Secretary Robert Gates that he would “immediately” stop further reductions in USAF personnel. Air Force leaders said...

According to Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell, airmen at the three bases visited this week by Defense Secretary Robert Gates “seemed to appreciate the fact the Secretary delivered this [safeguarding our nuclear arsenal] message personally.” Morrell told reporters June 11 at...

The Air Force believes that it may field the Lockheed Martin Sniper targeting pod on the B-1B bomber sometime this summer, following an accelerated testing program that has run three months instead of an expected nine months. Air Force Material...

The Air Force and its Auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol, flew some 345 sorties over the continental US during the month of May, according to figures released this week by the Air National Guard-led 1st Air Force/Air Forces Northern, headquartered...

: USAF B-1B bombers employed weapons in two areas in Afghanistan on June 11 to aid coalition ground forces, according to Air Forces Central. In a June 11 release, the command said a B-1B dropped 500-pound and 2,000-pound Joint Direct...

Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma was one of the sites hard hit this week by high winds that knocked out power and damaged trees and buildings and left the flightline littered with debris. Members of the Civil Air Patrol...

The 45th Space Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla., on June 11 helped launch a United Launch Alliance Delta II booster, carrying the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope satellite into space for NASA. Moving in a circular orbit around the Earth,...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaJune 10, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 27 14 41 4,834 CAS/Armed Recon 44 54 98 14,385 Airlift 151 151 20,413 Air refueling 53 53 6,691 Total 302 46,323...