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April 9, 2014
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Software Straight Talk

By Marc V. Schanz
The progress of the F-35 Lightning’s software was front and center at Tuesday’s meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s airland panel. F-35 Program Executive Officer Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan declared the F-35 is seeing “slow but steady progress” in...

DOD Announces Strategic Force Structure

The Defense Department on Tuesday announced a strategic force structure designed to comply with New START mandates, including the removal of 50 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles from its silos, according to an April 8 Pentagon release. By Feb. 5, 2018, the...

Athletes Compete for Spot in 2014 Wounded Warrior Games

Wounded warriors from across the country gathered at Nellis AFB, Nev., on April 7 to kickoff the first-ever Air Force trials competition, according to a base release. Some 100 athletes are vying for 40 positions on the USAF team in...

Boeing to Close C-17 Production in Mid-2015

Boeing will end production of the C-17 Globemaster III and close its Long Beach, Calif., final assembly facility in September 2015, three months earlier than originally expected. The schedule was adjusted based on “current market trends and the timing of...

“Flight of the Lady Hawk”

Members of the 69th Reconnaissance Squadron at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., celebrated Women’s History Month in record-breaking fashion. An RQ-4 Global Hawk assigned to the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron landed March 29 after 34.3 hours in the air. Not only was...

USAF Updates Voluntary Separation Eligibility

Airmen who were not previously eligible for voluntary separation might be eligible now, officials announced on April 7. Officers from 33 Air Force specialty codes by year group and enlisted airmen from seven AFSCs by grade are now eligible to...

Keesler Demonstrates Surge Capacity

The 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss., launched and recovered a 16-ship operation for the first time in the wing’s history, according to an April 7 base release. Sixteen aircraft, including C-130Js from the Air Force Reserve’s 815th Airlift Squadron...

You Can’t Beat Free

By Arie Church
The Air Force’s former C-27J Spartans are already well equipped for their new role with the US Coast Guard and the service plans to begin operations as soon as its pilots can be trained, said USCG Commandant Adm. Robert Papp....

Slow Season for USAF Hurricane Hunters

The Air Force Reserve Command’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler AFB, Miss., flew a record low number of hurricane tracking flights this past winter, states a base release. In fact, it was the “fourth slowest winter weather reconnaissance season...

Wanted: Winged Drug Dogs

By Arie Church
Employing remotely piloted aircraft in the Eastern Pacific could significantly increase the detection and interception of drugs from South America, said Coast Guard commandant Adm. Robert Papp. Only about 20 percent of bulk narcotic shipments are currently stopped due to...

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