Pacific Air Forces boss Gen. Howie Chandler on Nov. 10 relieved Col. Bryan Bearden of his duties as commander of the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan AB, South Korea. A Nov. 10 release cited the reason given by Chandler as "duty performance factors." Bearden, who had led the Wolf Pack wing since May 2008, will receive a new assignment outside Korea, according to the release. Chandler has named Col. Jerry Harris, who has been serving as 13th Air Force director of operations at Hickam AB, Hawaii, to take command at Kunsan.

Airmen of the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron at Creech AFB, Nev., teamed up with more than 100 marines from Marine Attack Squadron 513 based at MCAS Yuma, Ariz., for a joint training exercise at Creech from Oct. 24 to Nov. 7....

The Air Force will begin the first-of-its-kind unmanned aircraft systems fundamentals course Nov. 21 at Randolph AFB, Tex. The four weeks of instruction, hosted by the 563rd Flying Training Squadron, are designed to provide combat familiarization for 10 newly winged...

Navy pilots who will operate the sea service’s RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles have come to Beale AFB, Calif., home of USAF’s Global Hawk operations, for instruction at the hands of the airmen of the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron who...

Air Force Research Lab personnel from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, last month evaluated the BAT 3 unmanned aerial vehicle at Camp Atterbury, Ind., to gauge its ability to detect objects in urban areas. The small-sized surveillance platform is built by MLB...

Hasta La Vista: More than 140 Uruguayan airmen, marines, and soldiers for the first time parachuted out of the back end of an Air Force C-17 transport Nov. 4 as it flew over the skies of Montevideo, Uruguay. The exercise...

MSgt. Andrea Vigliotti, superintendent of the Air Force Manpower Agency’s competitive sourcing division at Randolph AFB, Tex., on Oct. 31 received a Bronze Star medal for her actions while deployed to Southwest Asia. She was promoted to senior master sergeant...

The San Antonio Military Medical Center and Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks City-Base, Tex., have received funding to explore the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on military service members suffering from traumatic brain injury. The study begins...

Retired Col. Eugene Martin “Gene” Faber, 85, a decorated fighter pilot of World War II and the Korean War, died Nov.1. The Kingsville, Md., resident passed away in his sleep, the Baltimore Sun reported Nov. 6. Faber was born in...

The future of one of the 12 remaining B-17 bombers still capable of flight is in doubt. Texas Raiders, a vintage World War II B-17 that is part of the Commemorative Air Force, must vacate its current hangar in Houston...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaNov. 8-9, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 55 30 85 11,463 CAS/Armed Recon 93 136 229 32,223 Airlift 290 290 40,729 Air refueling 93 93 15,818 Total 697 100,233...