Daily Report

Jan. 22, 2014

USAF Continues Support of Rwandan Troops

Though the security situation in Bangui, Central African Republic, has stabilized in recent weeks, US Air Force C-17s and Contingency Response Group airmen are assisting with the airlift of a Rwandan mechanized battalion to the CAR to increase the presence...

Grand Forks Airman Gets 34 Years for Rape

A senior airman from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., was sentenced to 34 years in prison for raping the wife of a deployed Grand Forks airman in August 2013, according to a Jan. 17 base release. SrA. Jory Hodge will be...

Holloman’s Space Squadron Moves to Peterson

The 4th Space Control Squadron located at Holloman AFB, N.M., will move to Peterson AFB, Colo., this year, where it will be collocated with the 76th Space Control Squadron there. The move will help “realize efficiencies between [the 4th SPCS...

Strike Eagle CSO Pegs One Grand in Combat

An F-15E combat systems officer, deployed from Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., and assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, surpassed 1,000 combat flight hours during an armed sortie over Southwest Asia last week, according to a Jan. 19 Air Forces...

While We’re In the Neighborhood

An F-22 Raptor conducted a fly-by at the Bahrain International Air Show on Jan. 16. But where did it come from? An Air Force Headquarters spokesman said F-22s are “currently deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia,” making them...

Hey Spike, It’s Friday!

Morale is back—at least on Fridays—thanks to new uniform policy changes published by the Air Force this week in response to airmen’s feedback over the past few years. “The policy changes revolve around …heritage, team building, esprit de corps, and...

Air National Guard Receives Foulois Award

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh recently named the Air National Guard as the next recipient of the Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois Memorial Award for the most exemplary flight safety record of Fiscal 2012, announced an Air...