Sean O’Keefe, head of EADS’s North American operations, said Tuesday he hasn’t seen indications yet that the Air Force desires major technological improvements in the new KC-X tanker over what it already possesses in the KC-135. “The current draft request...

Elements of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Fla., were scheduled to deploy Wednesday afternoon to the international airport at Port au Prince, Haiti, to provide air traffic control capability and support airfield operations there. They were part...

A request for an additional $33 billion this year to cover the cost of fighting the counterinsurgencies in Afghanistan and Iraq is expected to accompany the Pentagon’s forthcoming spending proposal for Fiscal 2011. So reported the Associated Press Wednesday (via...

Airmen with the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron maintenance flight at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, are performing top-notch work on a daily basis to keep the A-10 ground-attack platforms operating from there flying. “The maintenance flight is a team of first-rate Air...

Senior Air Force Space Command officials on Monday held a panel for cadets at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., to discuss how the Air Force’s recently reorganized cyberspace career specialties might fit into these cadets’ futures....

Air Force Personnel Center officials on Tuesday published Air Force Instruction 36-2905, the document that lays out the service's new fitness program that goes into effect July 1. The Air Force unveiled the new fitness program last June and initially expected it to take effect on Jan. 1. But its implementation was subsequently delayed by six months to give airmen more time to transition to the new standards, which place more emphasis on the aerobic component, and for major commands to establish necessary training elements. Until then, airmen will continue to test under the present system, but also receive feedback so that they understand the requirements outlined in the new instruction, said CMSgt. Mark Long, chief of enlisted promotions, evaluations, and fitness policy. (Randolph release) (Air Force Fitness Program Web site) (AFI 36-2905; caution large file.)

All the military services and their reserve components still are taking in more than enough recruits and retaining sufficient current personnel to keep up with demands, according to the latest recruiting and retention data released by the Pentagon. Only the...

Air Force medical researchers at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio anticipate having some preliminary findings as soon as this summer from their study of whether hyperbaric oxygen treatment helps in the recovery of wounded warriors who have suffered...

Boeing announced Tuesday that it has delivered the fourth KC-767 tanker to the Japanese Ministry of Defense, thereby completing Japan’s order for the new tankers. The handover took place Jan. 8. “Because of these tankers, Japan now has the capability...

Retired Lt. Gen. Robert H. Warren, superintendent of the US Air Force Academy from July 1962 to July 1965, died Jan. 9 in his home in Charleston, W.Va., reported the Charleston Daily Mail Wednesday. He was 92. Born in Yankton,...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Jan. 10, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 28 36 64 588 CAS/Armed Recon 18 75 93 953 Airlift 160 160 1,558 Air refueling 46 46 423 Total 363 3,522 OIF=Operation Iraqi...