Daily Report

July 9, 2014

Super Typhoon Neoguri Hits Okinawa

? Super Typhoon Neoguri slammed into Okinawa early Tuesday with winds forecasted at over 150 miles per hour, prompting Kadena AB, Japan, officials to evacuate large aircraft and declare a Readiness 3 Tropical Cyclone Condition prior to its arrival. Defense...

Status Quo at Eglin

? F-35 strike fighters will continue to operate in the manner they have been since 2009 at Eglin AFB, Fla., including flying under some limitations to reduce noise over the adjoining city of Valparaiso, announced service officials. This decision is...

Kelly Takes Over Bagram’s 455th AEW

Brig. Gen. Mark Kelly recently took command of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from Brig. Gen. Patrick Malackowski. Kelly, who previously served as the 345th Fighter Wing commander at Eielson AFB, Alaska, addressed the importance of...

McLaughlin Tapped to be CYBERCOM Deputy

President Barack Obama has nominated Maj. Gen. James McLaughlin for the appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as deputy commander of US Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Md. If approved by the Senate, McLaughlin, who currently...

California C-130s Back from Middle East

California Air National Guard C-130Js headed home from the Middle East, handing over regional airlift responsibility to airlifters from the 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown ARS, Ohio, and Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing. During the four-month deployment, the...

Seymour Johnson Aircraft Return Home

Two KC-135R Stratotankers and more than 50 F-15E Strike Eagles, which evacuated Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., in the wake of Hurricane Arthur, returned to the base on July 4. The aircraft fled to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, as the storm prepared...

One-Stop Hypersonic Shop

Air Force Research Laboratory is bundling hypersonic research, engineering, and testing together into a cohesive new team at Arnold AFB, Tenn. AFRL’s new High Speed Experimentation Branch will open shop at Arnold Engineering Development Complex’ Von Karman test facility in...

Ready, Aim, Fire

The Air Force recently tested a Boeing QF-16 aerial target drone in a live fire exercise at Holloman AFB, N.M. During the June 25 exercise, a QF-16 took off in the early morning and flew for a little more than...

Lake Ontario Yields a Treasure

An exploration team discovered the nearly intact remains of an Air Force Beechcraft C-45 on the floor of Lake Ontario, near Oswego, N.Y., the team announced on July 8. On Sept. 11, 1952, the twin-engined light transport suffered a single...

Air Force Magazine Launches New Website

The Air Force Magazine website, www.airforcemag.com, has undergone a complete redesign to provide a more user-friendly and interactive experience for aerospace professionals and all readers of the magazine. Air Force Magazine is AFA’s flagship publication and one of the world’s...