The first of the Air Force’s C-5M Super Galaxy transports is with the New York Air National Guard’s 105th Airlift Wing in Newburgh where maintainers are hard at work trimming out its capacious interior and giving it a much-needed facelift....

US Cyber Command, the nascent organization at Fort Meade, Md., for overseeing cyberspace operations across the US military, is getting its arms around the various roles and missions in the rapidly expanding domain, and building a “unified vision,” said Robert...

US Cyber Command is working to “normalize” cyber operations across the Defense Department by focusing on the development of cyber cadres and instituting best practices—regardless of which service they come from, according to Robert Butler, cyber policy lead in the...

The Air Force has chosen both Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to provide upgraded versions of their respective Sniper and Litening targeting pods through 2017. Under the Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement program, the Air Force intends to purchase up to...

Air Force space officials announced Wednesday that they and their industry partners have achieved a major milestone in the assembly of the second Space Based Infrared Systems early warning satellite, which is known as GEO-2. Over a period of 34...

The Defense Department on Wednesday informed Congress of the possible foreign military sale of 84 new-build Boeing multirole F-15 fighters to Saudi Arabia and the upgrade of 70 existing Saudi F-15S aircraft to the same new configuration. This deal has...

Members of the 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight at Moody AFB, Ga., have been training this month with a new, four-wheeled Bomb Squad Emergency Response Vehicle designed to help them rapidly respond to incidents at or near...

The preliminary design of Lockheed Martin’s next-generation, mobile, long-range surveillance radar has received the Air Force’s approval, the company announced Wednesday. “The new radar’s open architecture will allow it to easily adopt emerging technology, expanding the system’s viability well beyond...

Army SSgt. Salvatore Giunta, cited for heroism in Afghanistan, on Nov. 16 will become the first living service member to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. President Obama will present him with the medal during a White...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, Oct. 14, 2010 Sortie Type OND OEF OND/OEF Total YTD ISR 23 72 95 21,468 CAS/Armed Recon 12 97 109 27,951 Airlift 181 181 49,813 Air refueling 45 45 13,900 Rescue 17 17 6,363 Total...