Major Review of B-2 Software Upgrade Complete

div.WordSection1 Northrop Grumman has completed a major review of its new software upgrade for the B-2 stealth bomber fleet, company officials announced April 24. The upgrade, part of the Air Force’s “flexible strike” phase 1 program, is designed to increase...

First Smart BUFF Delivered

Technicians completed the digital upgrades to the first B-52 bomber modernized under the Combat Network Communications Technology program at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker AFB, Okla. CONECT takes “the B-52 from a rotary-dial phone to a smartphone,” Air...

Numbers Don’t Lie

After Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and her supporters pushed to reform the way the military prosecutes sexual assault cases, Air Force officials pulled every USAF court-martial case for a three-year period to see exactly how often a command authority overturned...

It’s In There

By John A. Tirpak
A new bomber, the KC-46 tanker, F-35 strike fighters, and a replacement for the Joint STARS are all accommodated in the fiscally-constrained spending plan the Air Force has sent to Congress without magical “money from heaven” appearing in the out-years,...

“They Will Not Be Forgotten”

President Barack Obama will award former Army Sgt. Kyle White the Medal of Honor on May 13 for disregarding his own life while trying to save his comrades in Afghanistan in 2007. White says he will accept the Medal in...

Polish Pivot

A pair of C-130J airlifters deployed the first wave of Army paratroopers to Poland on Wednesday as part of NATO’s commitment to increase forces in Eastern Europe following recent Russian aggression in Ukraine, officials announced. Airlifters from Ramstein AB, Germany,...

A Symbolic Inactivation

The 345th Airlift Squadron was symbolically inactivated Friday at Keesler AFB, Miss. The unit and its associate, the Air Force Reserve’s 815th Airlift Squadron, are being inactivated “as a result of broader force structure initiatives announced in 2013,” according to...

C-130J Simulator Dedicated at Dyess

The 317th Airlift Group this week dedicated a C-130J simulator making Dyess AFB, Texas, the first USAF installation with a Vital-10 technology-powered C-130J simulator. “One great aspect about the simulator is that we can alter the location, weather, variables, altitude,...

New Veterans Employment Tool Launched

Military members, veterans, and their spouses now have an easier way to find employment, announced First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden on Wednesday at Fort Campbell, Ky. The Veterans Employment Center is “the first online one-stop shopping tool for...