Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with airmen at Bagram AB, Afghanistan, on Wednesday to get first-hand look at the A-10 and F-15E units that provide critical close air support to NATO ground forces in the country. Gates’ visit came against...

So said Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.). chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Rep Mark Udall (D-Colo.), panel member, in a joint statement yesterday in response to the newly issued Government Accountability Office report on the risks involved with...

The first C-5A transport was inducted earlier this week into the C-5 avionics modernization program, lead contractor Lockheed Martin announced Wednesday. The Air Force has 59 remaining C-5As in its 111-aircraft C-5 fleet. Under AMP, all C-5s, including the B...

The Air Force has issued an updated list of selective reenlistment bonuses covering 88 specialties, that reflects a hefty $93 million increase that nearly triples the size of this incentive program, the service announced Sept. 17. The new SRB list...

TSgt. Railer Cantrell, a KC-135 boom operator with the 351st Air Refueling Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, Britain, surpassed 6,000 flying hours during a mission Aug. 18 refueling F-15s over Newcastle, England. Cantrell has been a boomer for 18 of his...

A specially configured C-130H from Air Force Reserve Command’s 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown ARS, Ohio, deployed with 10 airmen to Barksdale AFB, La., to conduct aerial spray missions over that state to prevent the spread of mosquitoes and filth...

The Air Force is relocating the online resources that provide airmen and their families with around-the-clock access to information on topics like relocation, military child education, and finances to a new Web site. Effective Oct. 1, these resources will be...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaSept. 16-17, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 55 30 85 9,278 CAS/Armed Recon 74 139 213 26,556 Airlift 220 220 33,607 Air refueling 115 115 13,113 Total 633 82,554...