Daily Report

June 5, 2014

B-52s Deploy to England for Exercises

Three B-52 bombers dispatched from the United States arrived on Wednesday at RAF Fairford, England, for training and exercises with US and allied military forces in Europe, announced Air Force officials. The B-52s did not bring live weapons into Britain,...

Bringing Global Strike’s Operators Together

One lesson generated from Air Force Global Strike Command’s Force Improvement Program is that officials could do more to broaden the ties between the command’s bomber and ICBM forces at the operations level, said Brig. Gen. Michael Fortney, AFGSC’s director...

Big Surprise Here

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday urged NATO European allies to step up their defense outlays to support the organization’s operations. “Over the long term, current spending trends threaten NATO’s integrity and capabilities,” said Hagel at a news conference at...

Eglin Reaches Full F-35A Complement

The last of 26 Air Force F-35A strike fighters slated for delivery to the F-35 joint schoolhouse at Eglin AFB, Fla., joined the 33rd Fighter Wing there. “The arrival of AF-45 is an incredible milestone for the Air Force as...

Marines Leaving F-35 Joint Schoolhouse

The Marine Corps plans to shift F-35B flight training out of the joint-service schoolhouse at Eglin AFB, Fla., to a separate training location at MCAS Beaufort, S.C. When Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 departs next March, only Air Force...

RPA Maintainers Continue Stellar Record of Performance

For the eighth year in a row, the 432nd Maintenance Group at Creech AFB, Nev., has exceeded Air Combat Command’s standard for keeping remotely piloted aircraft mission-capable, according to its parent unit, the 432nd Wing. This record of achievement has...

Lockheed Martin Handing Over First Iraqi F-16

Lockheed Martin on Thursday is slated to deliver the first of 36 F-16s it is building for Iraq. Iraqi Ambassador to the United States Lukman Faily is scheduled to attend the June 5 delivery ceremony at the company’s production plant...