More than 130 members of the 15th Airlift Squadron, a C-17 unit, returned home to Charleston AFB, S.C., Jan. 3 after a four-month deployment to support US military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Horn of Africa. The Post and...

The Air Force on Jan. 1 renamed the 480th Intelligence Wing at Langley AFB, Va., and the 70th IW at Fort George G. Meade, Md., as the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing and 70th ISR Wing. Further, the intelligence groups under these wings are now designated as ISR groups, the service said in a release yesterday. These moves are part of the ongoing transformation of the service’s ISR organizations that began in June 2007. “Throughout the transformation process, we have broadened our scope beyond signals intelligence to include all elements of ISR,” Maj. Gen. Craig Koziol, Air Force ISR Agency commander. He continued, “The renaming of our units to ISR solidifies our dedication to delivering the best trained forces and most effective capabilities and conducting integrated ISR operations for ground, air, space, and cyberspace missions.” Under the ISR changes, the agency is now a field operating agency of the Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR (A2) on the Air Staff.

The world stands at a “tipping point” in proliferation that could lead to catastrophic acts of terrorism with nuclear weapons or crude nuclear devices without resolute leadership and multilateral action, the Congressionally mandated Strategic Posture Review Commission warned lawmakers last...

Cyber-security is now a major national security problem for the United States, and the White House should lead the way in establishing a comprehensive national strategy to protect the nation’s cyber networks, a Center for Strategic and International Studies-sponsored panel...

The Air Force announced Jan. 2 that the airmen of the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev., who are known as the Lions, have won the 2008 International Test and Evaluation Association’s Special Achievement Award for extraordinary...

The new career badge for the new 38F Force Support Air Force Specialty Code made its debut appearance last month after 57 officers graduated from the inaugural force support officer training course at Keesler AFB, Miss. The new specialty code,...

Former Air Force Secretary Thomas Reed has co-authored a new book that makes the case that China has intentionally proliferated nuclear technology to dangerous regimes such as Pakistan and North Korea since the 1980s and is still debating internally whether...

Air Sorties in War on Terrorism, Southwest AsiaJan. 1-3, 2009 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 76 40 116 116 CAS/Armed Recon 89 165 254 254 Airlift 390 390 390 Air refueling 136 136 136 Total 896 896...