F-22 IOC Is Here:
Air Combat Command chief Gen. Ronald Keys and 1st Fighter Wing’s Brig. Gen. Burton Field plan to announce Thursday at Langley AFB, Va., that the F-22 Raptor is cleared for initial operational capability.
Kunsan’s Wolf Pack Gets Sniper Pod
The Air Force has deployed the new Sniper XR advanced targeting pod on F-16s of the 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, South Korea. Base officials say the Wolf Pack is the first Pacific Air Forces unit to receive the new...
Cambone Says DOD Intel Reform Is a Given
Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Stephen Cambone made a rare public appearance Wednesday, speaking at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis’ Fletcher Conference in Washington about the ongoing efforts to overhaul the Intelligence Community. In case anyone had doubts, Cambone...
The Future of Black and White Space
Stephen Cambone, Pentagon intel chief, told the Daily Report that the move earlier this year that separated the leadership function of the National Reconnaissance Office from the Undersecretary of the Air Force was just one of a series of upcoming...
Luke Tests AEF Training for Gila Bend
The 61st Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz., flew out of Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field on the Barry M. Goldwater Training Range as part of Desert Sting, an exercise USAF officials used to see if Gila Bend could...
Air Strikes in Southwest Asia
USAF F-15 and F-16 fighters struck targets near Baghdad on Dec. 13. The F-16s fired precision-guided munitions to cut off bridge access for insurgents. The F-15s launched PGMs against a bunker used by enemy forces. On the same day, US...
Looking for a SBIRS Competitor?
News wires report that DOD acquisition chief Ken Krieg has told Congress that the Pentagon will continue the Space Based Infrared System, despite its history of cost overruns. However, it is stripping two satellites from the program and plans to...
Does That Work on Windows?
One of the under-the-radar problems that has “plagued” SBIRS—and some other DOD programs—is its reliance on the Ada programming language, said Wynne. He added that it is “not popular any longer” and like DOS, which was invented around the same...
The Rise of “Tailored Deterrence”?
Ryan Henry, the principle deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, says that the more fluid and unpredictable threat array of the 21st century has led to a concept called “tailored deterrence.” Speaking at the Fletcher conference, Henry said the QDR...
RED HORSE Fans Out Across SWA
The Air Force has some 550 airmen—active duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve Command from various units—deployed to Southwest Asia. At Balad AB, Iraq, alone they are working projects that USAF officials say total more than $6 million....
Into the Lion’s Den:
Gen. Michael Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff, and Lt. Gen. Daniel James III, director of the Air National Guard, addressed senior ANG leaders at a three-day conference in Baltimore. After the brouhaha over the 2005 BRAC initiatives, it must...
P&W Turns Over 200th F-22 Engine:
Pratt & Whitney officials say the company has delivered the 200th F119 engine for the F-22 Raptor. Rich Knoll, deputy program director for the F-22 System Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, called the F119 “awesome.” Two F119-PW-100 engines power each...
USAF Security Forces Help Train Iraqi Security Unit
: In anticipation of the January arrival of Iraq’s 23rd Airlift Squadron and its three C-130E aircraft, three US Air Force Security Forces airmen are training the members of the first and, as yet, only Iraqi base security unit. Capt....
Air Sorties in the Global War on Terrorism
December 13, 2005 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total ISR 13 4 – 17 CAS/Armed Recon 54 20 – 74 Airlift – – 180 180 Air refueling – – 36 36 Total 67 24 216 307 OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom OEF=Operation...