U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Transit Center Airmen help save Peace Corps member

    Jan. 18 was a snowy day in Central Asia. Jamie Morris, a female Peace Corps volunteer assigned to a village in Kazakhstan, was traveling in a taxi with two other passengers when their vehicle was hit by a truck, killing the two others and leaving her with severe head injuries.Officials from the

  • Gates announces joint strike fighter program shakeup

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced a restructuring in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter office Feb. 1, to provide increased oversight of a program he conceded has fallen behind in meeting key benchmarks. Secretary Gates also announced that he has withheld $614 million in performance fees from

  • Academy chapel to add outdoor circle to worship areas

    Chaplains at the Air Force Academy have added a worship area for followers of Earth-centered religions.  The circle, located atop the hill overlooking the cadet chapel and visitor center, is the latest addition to a collection of worship areas that includes Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and

  • Missile Defense Review links strategy to threats

    The Ballistic Missile Defense Review released Feb. 1 here, aligns U.S. missile defense posture with near-term regional missile threats, and sustains the ability to defend the homeland against limited long-range missile attack, said Michele Flournoy, the undersecretary of Defense for policy. Ms.

  • Review upgrades personnel status; budget confirms it

    The Fiscal 2011 Defense Budget Request and the Quadrennial Defense Review look at personnel as a strategic asset, the Joint Staff's director for force structure, resources and assessments said Feb. 1.Navy Vice Adm. Stephen Stanley spoke during a Pentagon news conference explaining both documents.

  • Budget request continues defense reform agenda

    The fiscal 2011 Defense Department budget request continues an overall reform agenda and seeks a total request of $708 billion in budget authority, the Pentagon's chief financial officer said Feb. 1 here. The total includes $159 billion in overseas contingency operations, or war spending,

  • Kyrgyz youth entertain Airmen, NFL cheerleaders

    Transit Center at Manas Airmen and NFL cheerleaders watched a concert performed by Kyrgyz students at a local music school Jan. 27, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.While on an Armed Forces Entertainment tour here, the Washington Redskins cheerleaders visited the Abdraev Musical Boarding School in Bishkek,

  • Dover project promotes energy conservation

    In February, Dover engineers will begin construction to decentralize heating on base, which is expected to save the base about $1.9 million a year.This project is estimated to cost just under $25 million and is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with four contracts already

  • Review aims to rebalance forces, puts people first

    The Quadrennial Defense Review, released Feb. 1, seeks to rebalance the military to better fight today's wars and to institutionalize department reforms, the undersecretary of Defense for policy said. The report to Congress provides a strategy-driven framework used for determining the department's