The Defense Department and Lockheed Martin have struck a deal on the Lot 8 buy of F-35 low-rate initial production jets, announced the company on Monday. While overall numbers have to wait while currency conversions are done for all the...
With US forces continuing to draw down in Afghanistan, Air Mobility Command has begun using the C-5M transport, a strategic capability, in a tactical role to carry war materiel out of the country to staging bases, according to a release....
Jacksel M. Broughton, a retired Air Force colonel and fighter pilot who flew a total of 216 combat missions in Korea and Vietnam, and also made his mark as an author, died on Oct. 24 after a short illness. He...
The Air Force gave 50 junior enlisted airmen the opportunity to remain on Active Duty after personnel officials discovered that a coding issue might have affected their retention eligibility, according to a release. “As an institution, we seek the most...
Pilots and maintainers deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from Air Force Reserve Command’s 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo., are returning home after concluding their combat deployment, according to a Bagram release. The Missouri A-10s began departing Bagram on...
The 61st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock AFB, Ark., took delivery of another new-build C-130J transport. Maj. Gen. Michael Stough, Air Mobility Command’s director of strategic plans, requirements, and programs, on Oct. 23 ferried the aircraft, tail number 5756, from...
Airmen with the 17th Special Operations Squadron at Kadena AB, Japan, paid honor to the venerable MC-130P Combat Shadow by conducting a final formation flight before the last of their MC-130Ps are retired, according to a base release. “Today’s final...
Airmen at Nellis AFB, Nev., stood up a new system for the base’s air traffic controllers that replaces older, less-capable technology, according to a base release. The Standard Terminal Automation Modernization Replacement System, or STARS, is command-automated control hardware that...
Stealth technologies are not among those for which Lockheed Martin will seek an export license in its joint development of the SOM-J missile with Roketsan of Turkey. Asked if Roketsan would be providing the low-observable technologies on the missile, which...
