Four F-22s arrived at their new home of Holloman AFB, N.M., last week, bringing the total number of Raptors there to six. Base officials said in a release that three of the F-22s arrived from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska on Dec....

The Air Force said last week that it is interested in procuring a fifth and sixth space based infrared system missile warning satellite. In a Federal Business Opportunities notice posted Dec. 18, the service said it intends to issue a...

In what could serve as a model across the entire Air Force, Pacific Air Forces is centralizing all fitness testing under base health and wellness centers by March of next year. PACAF chief Gen. Howie Chandler said two issues drove...

Lockheed Martin announced last week that it has joined with Thales Alenia Space of Italy in a strategic partnership to offer a new family of space-based remote sensing systems (read, space radar) to worldwide customers. “This partnership builds on our...

Lt. Gen. Gary North, commander of Air Forces Central, sent out a holiday message yesterday to the more than 25,000 airmen supporting operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere in the Middle East and Near East. “To all deployed airmen, thank...

The second F-35A test aircraft rolled out of Lockheed Martin’s assembly facility in Fort Worth, Tex., last week. In a release Dec. 19, Lockheed said the aircraft, designated AG-1, is a full-scale non-flying, static test article that will be used...

An Italian KC-767 aerial refueling aircraft refueled in flight a second Italian KC-767 during a test last week over northern Kansas, marking the first time that Boeing’s KC-767 tanker design has been refueled in flight, according to the company. During...

Three more Mi-35 attack helicopters for the Afghan National Army Air Corps arrived recently in Kabul, giving the fledgling air component 34 airframes—up from 13 in 2007—as it continues to grow with the help of multi-nation Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan....

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaDec. 19-20, 2008 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 54 28 82 13,090 CAS/Armed Recon 91 107 198 36,342 Airlift 265 265 45,830 Air refueling 95 95 17,623 Total 640 112,885...