Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke last week formally became Air National Guard director during a ceremony at JB Andrews, Md.. He replaced Lt. Gen. Bud Wyatt who retired earlier this year after more than 40 years in uniform. “This is quite...

Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, who previously served as Army vice chief of staff, assumed command of US Central Command from Marine Corps Gen. Jim Mattis during a ceremony at MacDill AFB, Fla., on March 22. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel presided...

Beechcraft last week filed a suit in federal court that seeks to stop rival Sierra Nevada from working on the Light Air Support program for the time being. Beechcraft wants a work stoppage until the Government Accountability Office rules on...

We’re proud to present Air Force Magazine’s new website, designed to provide a more user friendly and interactive experience. We’ve adopted a three-column format. In the center Daily Report column, we’ve added social media options, more easy access to individual...

Sequestration’s most immediate effect on the Air Force’s energy initiatives is already happening, said Acting Undersecretary of the Air Force Jamie Morin last week. Because sequestration, which went into effect on March 1, compresses a fiscal year’s worth of spending...

Air Education and Training Command issued a vision document explaining how it is transforming its education and training activities to meet future demands in increasingly austere times, according to a command release. The 23-page document, An AETC Vision for Learning Transformation, focuses on the AETC commander's vision and first principles of learning, states the March 18 command release. Among those first principles are: "the Air Force learning environment is adaptable" and "learning is available anytime and anywhere." "We have an opportunity now, within AETC and the Air Force, to transform how we deliver education and training," said AETC Commander Gen. Edward Rice in the document's executive summary. The vision document "should guide people's thinking about how we can deliver our product in a time of scarce resources by doing things differently," said A.J. Ranft, AETC's chief learning officer. Looking ahead, for example, some career fields, like civil engineering, may place more emphasis on self-paced training, and AETC may migrate to a generalized composite undergraduate pilot training model that incorporates options to tailor flight training, states the document. (Randolph report by SSgt. Clinton Atkins) (Vision for Learning Transformation document; caution, large-sized file.)

Airmen deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, recently learned how to deal with an insider attack on base, according to a base release. Coalition troops have been killed and wounded in attacks by rogue members of Afghan security forces who suddenly...

After nearly a decade of constant deployment, all airmen and machines of the 317th Airlift Group are back home at Dyess AFB, Tex., according a base release. Friends and family members, holding signs and American flags, congregated on the Dyess...

Members of the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale AFB, La., made their first live run with the Sniper targeting pod on one of their B-52 bombers, according to a wing release. “This flight was the first time that the 2nd...

After the conclusion of a multiyear investigation, the Air Force has reopened access to the recreational venues at New Boston AFS, N.H., announced officials at the station, which is home to the 23rd Space Operations Squadron. In 2009, officials halted...