Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov exchanged the instruments of ratification for the New START nuclear arms control agreement. With this act, the treaty entered in force. “[W]e commit ourselves to a course of action...
The Air Force has announced a new set of involuntary force management initiatives for Fiscal 2011 to help reduce the service’s end strength to Congressionally authorized levels by the end of Fiscal 2012 and shape the force to meet emerging...
An Orbital Sciences Minotaur I rocket successfully lifted off Sunday from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload into space. The launch took place at 4:26 a.m. West Coast time from Vandy’s Space Launch Complex 8. “The 30th...
A new-build C-17 transport aircraft arrived last week at JB Charleston, S.C., giving the 437th Airlift Wing its 60th C-17. Charleston’s Post and Courier reported that Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander, flew the aircraft to Charleston from Boeing’s...
The Air Force announced plans to accelerate the date of separation for certain airmen depending on their years of service, ability to re-enlist, assignment availability, and grade status. This is part of the service’s overall efforts to manage the size...
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz have directed the reduction of the cadet population at the US Air Force Academy from 4,400 to 4,000 by October 2012. This nine percent cutback is part of...
: Air Force Research Lab officials are interested in a rugged, man-portable unmanned aircraft less than 20 pounds in weight to support special operations forces with battlespace awareness and force protection. The goal of the Small Unmanned Renewable enerGy long...
Northrop Grumman’s X-47B naval unmanned combat demonstrator aircraft last week flew for the first time, completing a 29-minute mission at Edwards AFB, Calif. “First flight represents the compilation of numerous tests to validate the airworthiness of the aircraft, and the...
USAF personnel helped return to operational service the first of five Nigerian air force C-130 transports undergoing extensive overhaul. Seventeenth Air Force (Air Forces Africa) at Ramstein AB, Germany, is sponsoring this capacity-building initiative so that the Nigerian C-130s may...
The National Reconnaissance Office has named its 2010 class of pioneers, honoring three men for their significant and lasting contributions to national reconnaissance. They are: Robert Dumais, retired Brig. Gen. Jack Gibbs (deceased), and retired Col. Randy Randazzo (deceased). Dumais...
