: The Air Force on Tuesday identified its 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2010. They are: • SMSgt. Steven Higgins, US Air Forces Europe; • MSgt. James P. Mogren, Air Force Materiel Command; • MSgt. Sarah A. Sparks, Air Force Space...

Defense Threat Reduction Agency inspectors have conducted a mock inspection at Barksdale AFB, La., to help prepare airmen there for future Russian on-site inspections as part of the New START arms reduction agreement. President Obama submitted the treaty to the...

The Air Force has delivered more than 50,000 meals to Pakistan as part of international relief efforts in the wake of devastating floods. A C-130H crew operating with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, delivered nearly 8,000...

The new mission control segment for the Air Force’s forthcoming constellation of advanced extremely high frequency communications satellites is now operating, prime contractor Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday. This ground control system is now running the current Milstar communications satellites on...

Applying simple, innovative ideas has helped the Air Force reduce its fossil fuel use by 9 percent since 2003 and its overall energy use on bases by almost 15 percent over that span, says Air Force Undersecretary Erin Conaton. “We’re...

The 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base Balad in Iraq has completed its mission after five years. “To my knowledge [this is] the most heavily combat engaged, highly decorated security forces unit in Air Force history,” said Col....

The Air Force would like to launch a follow-on Space Based Space Surveillance satellite in late 2014, according to Space and Missile System Center officials at Los Angeles AFB, Calif. The Air Force is perhaps just weeks away from the...

Members of the Kentucky and New Jersey Air National Guards participated in the recent joint Eagle Flag exercise at JB McGuire, N.J. This was the second iteration of the exercise, but the first time National Guard members were invited to...

Under the New START arms control agreement, both the US and Russia are allowed up to 18 short-notice, on-site inspections of each other's nuclear bases each year, says Edward Warner, the Defense Secretary's representative to the New START negotiations. These inspections, he told the Senate Armed Services Committee, will play an integral role in verifying each party's compliance—and in deterring cheating. "Each side knows the other will have a significant capability to uncover discrepancies between what is reported and what is actually happening," he testified at a July 29 hearing on the treaty, which is before the Senate for ratification. There are two types of inspections. Type one will occur at operating bases for ICBMs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and nuclear-capable bombers. Type two inspections focus on nondeployed strategic systems. Each side is allowed up to 10 type one and up to eight type two inspections annually. (Warner's prepared remarks)

Boeing announced Tuesday that it has received the first modernized radar for the F-15E from Raytheon and is testing the unit at its facility in St. Louis prior to the radar’s integration onto a Strike Eagle for flight evaluations. The...

Air Sorties in Southwest Asia, July 25-26, 2010 Sortie Type OIF OEF OIF/OEF Total YTD ISR 49 141 190 14,250 CAS/Armed Recon 44 171 215 19,675 Airlift 375 375 35,825 Air refueling 112 112 9,473 Rescue 58 58 4,334 Total...