U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Google Voice answers nation's call

    Google is tinkering with a new service that could transform the way troops on the frontlines communicate with their families on the homefront. Google Voice assigns users a single U.S. phone number that can ring at phones in multiple locations like the home, office or on a cellular device -- all at

  • Airmen help connect Iraqi army, air force

    The Iraqi air force and army, aided by American Airmen, established radio communication here Aug. 11 in an effort to improve collaboration between the two services during operations. Although the weather prevented the two services from conducting their original training mission, the day was a big

  • Photo Essay: Airstrike ends gunfight in Korengal Valley

    A U.S. Army Soldier watches as Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles destroy insurgent positions with a bomb after a 20 minute gun battle in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province Aug. 13. U.S. servicemembers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th

  • NASA to use Lackland as stopover

    Lackland Air Force Base officials will support the NASA space program by allowing the space shuttle to stopover here while on its ferry ride home if the shuttle does not land at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Before Kelly AFB in San Antonio closed in 2001, the airfield was the most frequent stop in

  • Air Guard should keep UAS missions

    The Air National Guard should remain in the unmanned aircraft systems business now and in the future, the chairman of the service's UAS weapons system council said Aug. 17. Col. Bob Becklund, who is also the commander of the 119th Wing in Fargo, N.D., said his attendance at the Association for

  • Lonely Eagles ceremony recognizes fallen Tuskegee Airmen

    Beside a folded flag, a single flame burned atop the table of honor before dozens who gathered to honor fallen Tuskegee Airmen in a ceremony here Aug. 7. Part of the 38th Annual Tuskegee Airmen Inc., convention, the Lonely Eagles Ceremony memorialized air, ground and operations crew from the

  • National Guard officials work toward continuous improvement

    National Guard officials have implemented a new program designed to streamline operations and in the end cut costs and improve efficiency in day-to-day activities.The Continuous Process Initiative, or CPI, combines the Army's Lean Six Sigma program and the Air Force's Smart Operations for the 21st

  • Aug. 15 airpower summary: Predator eliminates enemy threat

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 15, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, MQ-1 Predators provided armed overwatch for friendly

  • 14 force support courses move to Maxwell

    Fourteen force support courses will transition from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to the Eaker Center for Professional Development at Maxwell AFB, Ala. by Oct 1."We are always focused on educating, developing and preparing our career field leaders, and recent changes to the emerging force

  • Redesigned NCO retraining program begins with voluntary phase

    The 2010 Noncommissioned Officer Retraining Program has a new look and focus as Air Force officials here seek to fill approximately 1,124 shortage career field and special duty positions. The entire program has been reduced from nine months to 120 days to better serve both Airmen and the Air Force