April 4, 2017 - Air Force Magazine

Coalition Striking ISIS in Mosul, As the Group Uses Civilians for Cover

US and coalition aircraft continue to bombard ISIS targets inside Mosul, as reports mount of the group using human shields to protect themselves from airstrikes. US and coalition aircraft on Sunday conducted five strikes on ISIS in the city, hitting...

Deployed Global Hawk Hits Sortie Milestone

A deployed EQ-4 Global Hawk, supporting the fight against ISIS, recently surpassed the milestone of 1,000 continuous sorties without a single maintenance cancellation. The Global Hawk, deployed with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, passed the milestone while on a surveillance...

Buzz Aldrin Becomes Oldest Thunderbirds Passenger

Retired Air Force colonel and astronaut Buzz Aldrin set another record April 2, becoming the oldest person to fly with the Air Force’s Thunderbirds. Aldrin, 87, flew with the Air Force’s demonstration team over Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A...

US Airstrikes Continue in Yemen

US aircraft have ramped up their airstrikes against al Qaeda in Yemen, bringing the total to more than 70 in about one month. Aircraft conducted 20 more strikes since the middle of last week, hitting militants, infrastructure, fighting positions, and...

Sixth AEHF Satellite Uses 3-D Printed Component

By Wilson Brissett

With the production of the Air Force’s sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, Lockheed Martin is using a 3-D printed component in one of its military satellites for the first time. The 3-D printed part is a Remote Interface Unit,...

Correction

An entry in the April 3 Daily Report misidentified the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright. The entry has been updated