U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Logistics system release transforms combat support

    A new age for Air Force logisticians began when a pilot version of the Expeditionary Combat Support System went live July 31 at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. The Expeditionary Combat Support System will transform business processes, alter management and control systems, and affect personnel roles

  • Aug. 6 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 6, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in AfghanistanClose-Air SupportBalocanAir Force A-10 Thunderbolt II

  • Aug. 5 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 5, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in AfghanistanClose-Air SupportSar BanadarCoalition aircrews

  • Aug. 4 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 4, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in AfghanistanClose-Air SupportBalocanAir Force A-10 Thunderbolt II

  • Aug. 3 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 3, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in AfghanistanClose-Air SupportGizabCoalition aircrews provided

  • Aug. 2 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 2, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in AfghanistanClose-Air SupportSar BanadarNavy F/A-18C Hornet

  • 'Vigilant Eagle' tests NORAD, Russian response

    An automated female voice commands over onboard speakers, "Traffic! Traffic! Descend! Descend!" as a North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 Raptor approaches the right wing of the track of interest. Five minutes after take-off from Anchorage en route to the Far East, Fencing 1220, a

  • First GPS IIF satellite on station

    Officials from the Air Force Space Command's Global Positioning Systems Wing at the Space and Missile Systems Center here have announced the first GPS IIF satellite arrived on station Aug. 1. This indicates the satellite is in its designated orbital position and ready for its final phase of on-orbit

  • Air Guardsmen work to recover victims from Alaska crash site

    Alaska Air National Guard Airmen are aiding victims of a plane that crashed near Dillingham, Alaska, Aug. 9.A downed plane reportedly carrying nine passengers was spotted 285 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. Flight service officials in Dillingham contacted the Alaska ANG's 11th Rescue