U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Haitian earthquake survivors land at Joint Base Andrews

    An 89th Airlift Wing C-32 carrying 22 survivors of the Haitian earthquake landed at Joint Base Andrews just after midnight Jan. 17. The repatriated U.S. citizens arrived at the passenger terminal with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who returned from Haiti after pledging U.S. support toward the

  • Air Force intelligence agency officials support Haitian relief efforts

    High-altitude damage assessment imagery as well as linguistic support are being provided for disaster relief and recovery efforts in Haiti by members of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency headquartered here. The imagery from the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft

  • Pope, Bragg provide key step in Haiti humanitarian relief

    A combined aircrew from the Air Force Reserve Command's 440th Airlift Wing and the active-duty 43rd AW here departed Pope AFB on a C-130 Hercules Jan. 14 transporting approximately 61 Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C.The mission was to deliver the Soldiers to

  • ESC group aids Haitian response efforts with critical imagery

    The 950th Electronic System Group's Eagle Vision imagery collection team here sprang into action within hours of the 7.0 earthquake that shook Haiti to its core Jan. 13.By about 9 p.m. that evening, program officials began working to order commercial satellite imagery of the island nation from a

  • Photo essay: Pilot achieves 4,000 hours in F-15E

    Lt. Col. David Iverson and Capt. Tim Tendall, with the 492nd Fighter Squadron, flew their F-15E Strike Eagle from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England and landed here Jan. 10. The about 10-hour flight was supported by seven in-flight refuelings. Colonel Iverson passed 4,000 flight hours in the F-15E

  • Air Force officials evaluate damaged Haitian airports

    Air Force officials are working with U.S. Southern Command and the Haitian government officials to determine what's needed to bring damaged airports up to par to accept more humanitarian relief supplies, officials said Jan. 15. A massive U.S.-international relief effort is under way to help Haitians

  • Aircrews deliver relief supplies to Haiti

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst officials launched the first of several C-17 Globemaster IIIs mid-afternoon Jan. 14 in support of relief operations following a massive earthquake in Haiti.The 21 passengers and six crewmembers represented four wings assigned to JB McGuire signifying the symbiotic

  • Space team achieves key ground-segment milestones

    A joint Air Force and Lockheed Martin team developing the Space-Based Infrared System program, known as SBIRS, has achieved two key milestones: a testing milestone demonstrating the ground system is on track to support launch of the first SBIRS geosynchronous GEO-1 satellite in the constellation;

  • Jan. 14 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Jan. 14, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in Afghanistan:ShurikianAn Air Force MQ-9A Reaper operator

  • Jan. 13 airpower summary

    Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Jan. 13, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.Air Operations in Afghanistan:AsadabadAir Force pilots flying F-16 Fighting