Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley said he’s going to become more of a hard-liner about acquisition programs that “spiral out of control.” In an address to the American Enterprise Institute in Washington Tuesday, Moseley said that...
Moseley said his top priority is to look for ways to enhance “the joint warfight.” He said he doesn’t expect that Air Force funding will go up, nor will Congress hand over “a big bag of dough” not requested by...
Moseley explained why he thinks today’s Air Force is the most capable force ever: The Air Force essentially has been on a combat footing for 14 years. He counts from the deployment to Southwest Asia for Operation Desert Shield in...
Air Force Names Hobbins to USAFE: Long-running speculation came to an end Tuesday when the Senior Leader Management Office issued a statement saying the President had nominated Lt. Gen. William T. Hobbins for a fourth star and to command US...
Peaceniks on the Prowl: A Vermont anti-war group wants to expel the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing from its base at Burlington airport, reports the Burlington Free Press. Citing the Air Guard’s involvement in the Iraq War, a...
The Take Back the Air Guard group also has taken exception to the Air Force’s Future Total Force initiative to station active duty airmen with the Guard in Burlington, where they can gain experience working with seasoned Guardsmen. The group...
US Central Command Air Forces said that USAF F-15s on Oct. 10 struck a group of building being used by insurgents as firing positions near Karabilah in Iraq. The Eagles launched three GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions against the buildings...
“I believe we do not have enough intel players,” Air Force Chief of Staff Moseley told attendees at the AEI conference. Apart from simply increasing the number of intelligence personnel, Moseley said that he wants to target additions across the...
New airmen are not surprised to find themselves driving trucks in the desert or in a firefight in Iraq, Moseley said at the AEI conference. He explained that “40 percent” of the people in the Air Force today came in...
USAF officials confirmed that the Air Force has withdrawn a document that said chaplains had the right to evangelize to military personnel not affiliated with a faith. The document was a code of ethics circulated at the Air Force Chaplain...
US Northern Command is working on a proposal to build a specially trained and equipped active duty force that would respond quickly to assist relief efforts in the event of massive natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, or earthquakes. Adm....
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the ranking democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, talked with Rumsfeld last week on President Bush’s position that the military needs a larger role in disaster relief operations—namely helping to restore civil stability. The upshot:...
A court order saved the job of Ernie Fitzgerald in 1969, after the Air Force analyst told Congress about $2 billion in overruns on the C-5 cargo aircraft and incurred the wrath of the Nixon White House. Now, the 79-year...
DOD is opening a new facility in St. Petersburg, Fla., to assist in the processing of intelligence for US Special Operations Command, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) confirmed the project, offering few details about the...
Boeing has won two contracts for its Wichita-based development and modification center, valued at a combined $126 million. One contract is for $81 million of work on the presidential fleet of two modified Boeing 747-200Bs—designated VC-25As by the Air Force...
According to a new CBS poll, approximately two-thirds of US adults surveyed believe the results of the Iraq war are not worth the costs. Fifty-five percent of the 808 adults surveyed believe the US should not have invaded Iraq, and...
The Air Force expects to complete the first of three new family housing apartment towers at Osan AB, South Korea, in March 2006. The second and third buildings should follow by spring 2008. The first tower is eight stories, with...
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service says it has a programs that should help reduce the expense of keeping a deployed service member stocked with those daily necessities—shampoo, toothpaste, body powder, and the like. The solution: Don’t ship this...
October 10, 2005 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 12 3 – 15 CAS/Armed Recon 42 30 – 72 Airlift – – 180 180 Air refueling – – 34 34 Total 54 33 214 301 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation...
