In a boost to the F-35 strike fighter program, Canada has announced that it will spend approximately $8.5 billion to procure 65 F-35s to replace its CF-18 fighters. First delivery is expected in 2016 as the CF-18s are due to...
Thirty-one members of the 755th Air Expeditionary Squadron became the first airmen sent to the Air Force’s new deployment transition center at Ramstein AB, Germany, on their way home from a combat deployment. These explosive ordnance disposal airmen had just...
The Afghan National Army Air Force has seen plenty of growth in the last year, but pilot training, and language and technical skills will continue to challenge the US and NATO advisors working to build up the force, says Brig....
Thirteen journalists who write for blogs and other social media Web sites have seen up-close and personal how Pacific Air Forces’ C-17s conduct airdrop operations. Members of the 525th Airlift Squadron from JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, took these reporters aboard...
NORAD and 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) brought together air chiefs from North America for a three-day conference at Tyndall AFB, Fla. Through briefings and breakout sessions, the forum provided the attendees the opportunity to foster relationships and cooperation...
The World Trade Organization has announced that it will not rule on the European counter claim alleging improper US support for Boeing’s large aircraft business until mid-September, pushing it closer to the Air Force’s decision on the winner of the...
Air Force Research Laboratory technicians at Edwards AFB, Calif., recently accomplished what they hadn’t done for a long time. They conducted a test of a new solid rocket propellant using components developed exclusively in their lab “The propellant was made...
Members of the 61st Civil Engineer and Logistics Squadron at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., have completed installing a solar energy system that they say will measurably cut the base’s energy consumption. The system is a 12-foot-high canopy of photovoltaic panels...
The Missile Defense Agency’s two space tracking and surveillance system demonstration satellites detected and tracked a Minuteman III ICBM that was launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., during a recent test mission over the Pacific Ocean, according to Northrop Grumman. The...
The Defense Department has announced the academic institutions that are winners of its Fiscal 2010 contract awards for basic, multidisciplinary research. The total value of these 32 funded projects is pegged at $227 million. Ten of these projects will support...
Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, July 9, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 16 58 74 12,747 CAS/Armed Recon 22 69 91 18,015 Airlift 189 189 32,736 Air refueling 58 58 8,541 Rescue 38 38 3,834 Total...
