The New, Friendlier UAV Arena
Senior Air Force and Army leaders met at Langley AFB, Va., this week to discuss a new collaborative solution to the employment of unmanned aerial vehicles in combat. Gen. John Corley, Air Combat Command boss, Gen. William Wallace, head of...
Mark Your Calendar
Adding to the list of upcoming Congressional oversight hearings on the Air Force’s KC-X tanker program, the House Armed Services air and land forces subcommittee yesterday announced plans to convene on July 10 in open session to discuss the issue....
Brave New World
The Air Force’s fledgling cyber force has developed a roadmap that proposes establishing new career fields for officer and enlisted airmen that would affect some 30,000 active and 2,000 reserve personnel currently working in the cyber realm. The head of...
Wynne’s Swan Song
Former Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne’s June 5 resignation wasn’t just about taking responsibility for errors in handling nuclear weapons and related materials, but the climax of sustained disagreements with senior Defense Department officials. So said Wynne in a June...
A Little Revolution, Now and Then
It’s been tough for the Army to get its arms around the changes that have come with the close cooperation between air and ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, former Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said in his last press...
Adieu to a Long-time Airman
Gen. William Looney yesterday stepped down as commander of Air Education and Training Command during a change of command ceremony at Randolph AFB, Tex., and retired from the Air Force after 36 years of service. Looney led AETC since June...
Manned, Unmanned Mix Strikes Enemy
Air Force and coalition aircraft flew 59 close air support missions on July 1 in Afghanistan and 23 in Iraq, Air Forces Central announced yesterday. In Afghanistan, a B-1B bomber took out enemy rocket positions near Gereshk with 500-pound and...
Guard Units Get New Missions
The Illinois Air National Guard’s 126th Air Refueling Wing and 183rd Fighter Wing will take on three new non-flying missions, Army Maj. Gen. William Enyart, the state adjutant general, announced June 30. Springfield’s 183rd FW, which under BRAC 2005 is...
Taking a BASIC Approach
According to a July 1 Associated Press report, the National Reconnaissance Office plans initially to procure one or two commercial imagery satellites and later to build a more advanced spacecraft to fulfill the Broad Area Surveillance Intelligence Capability satellite system...
Air Sorties from SWA
Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaJune 30, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 26 13 39 5,541 CAS/Armed Recon 48 54 102 16,459 Airlift 117 117 22,932 Air refueling 56 56 7,774 Total 314 52,706...