Daily Report - Air Force Magazine

Nov. 29, 2016

DOD: CR Needs Funds for KC-46, Munitions

The Pentagon is calling on lawmakers to include adjustments in funding in a possible continuing resolution so it can buy more ordnance that is in high demand and speed up production of the KC-46A tanker. The Defense Department, in a...

Lockheed Martin Receives $7.2 Billion Contract for F-35 Lot 10

By Wilson Brissett

The Department of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for Lot 10 of F-35 production, not including engines, on Nov. 23. The “undefinitized contract” is for a total of 90 aircraft and has a ceiling of $7.2 billion. The F-35...

Hawaii Guardsman Presumed Dead After Swim Near Andersen

An airman who went on a late night swim near Andersen AFB, Guam, on Nov. 21 is presumed dead, the base said Sunday. MSgt. Greg Ramos, a member of the 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron of the 154th Wing of the...

Obama Expands 9/11 War Authority to Somalia

The Obama Administration has decided to add its campaign against al Shabab to the list of conflicts included in the authorization for use of military force approved by Congress after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the New York...

US Aircraft in Afghanistan Have Busiest Month of the Year

By Brian W. Everstine

US aircraft in Afghanistan had their busiest month of the year in October, dropping 205 bomb on Taliban and ISIS targets. The October tally brings the total for 2016 to 1,180, already 233 more than the total for all of...

Navy EOD Sailor First US Service Member KIA in Syria

By Brian W. Everstine

The first US service member killed in action in Syria is one of hundreds of Americans working alongside Syrian Democratic Forces pushing toward the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa. US Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Dayton, 42, of Woodbridge, Va.,...

Ready for Vigilant Ace

By Wilson Brissett

One of the largest flying exercises on the Korean peninsula opens Nov. 30 as the US and the Republic of Korea launch Vigilant Ace 17-1. More than 16,000 personnel will take part in the annual exercise, which involves more than...

Syrian Troops Make Major Advance in Aleppo

Syrian regime troops made a major advance in the besieged city of Aleppo on Monday, taking more than a third of the territory previously held by rebels. The advance was the biggest gain by the Syrian government in four years,...