While Air Force leaders were determined to attack the problem of declining readiness levels in the service’s Fiscal 2013 and Fiscal 2014 budgets, the coming across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration will ensure that doesn’t happen, said Chief of Staff...
Air Force officials stood up the Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center in a ceremony at Duke Field, Fla. The center consolidates Air Force Special Operations Command’s training and doctrine development under one flag, with Active Duty and Air...
The Defense Department on Wednesday announced the creation of the Distinguished Warfare Medal to recognize a service member’s extraordinary achievements directly impacting combat operations, even when the individual is physically separated from the battlefield. An example of this could be...
US and British tactical aircraft practiced breaching and destroying complex enemy air defenses in a joint exercise over the North Carolina coast. F-15Es from Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., and F-22s from JB Langley-Eustis, Va., integrated with Marine Corps and Navy...
The F-35 Joint Program Office restored flight clearance for the F-35B strike fighter variant, announced F-35 spokesman Joe DellaVedova. He said the JPO issued the return-to-flight order on Feb. 12, rescinding a cautionary suspension instituted on Jan. 18 after the...
AF-1, an F-35A test aircraft at Edwards AFB, Calif., recently flew its final mission testing for clear wing flutter, announced prime contractor Lockheed Martin. This testing, conducted over the course of three years, was meant to ensure that the aircraft’s...
Raytheon is working with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to adapt the latter’s MQ-9 Reaper remotely pilot aircraft to carry the former’s Miniature Air Launched Decoy, announced Raytheon on Wednesday. “This new offering provides unprecedented electronic warfare capability, enabling remote, unmanned...
Technicians at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., are refurbishing an A-10A aircraft that they will soon convert to a remotely piloted weather research platform for the Navy, according to base officials. Until recently, the retired airframe served as a weapons loading trainer...
In “Back to Guam” from the Feb. 7 Daily Report column, we incorrectly reported that B-2 bombers would return to Guam for extended deployments, with aircraft remaining at Andersen Air Force Base while B-2 crews rotated in and out. Instead,...
