U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • U.S.-German exchange pilots showcase interoperability

    Enhancing the U.S.-German military-to-military relationship and promoting standardization and interoperability of equipment are key themes of the Berlin Airshow.Lt. Col. Marc Beutler, a German air force pilot assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and is aircraft

  • Centralization at AFPC of separation actions complete

    Under the Personnel Services Delivery Transformation initiative, beginning May 30 the Air Force Personnel Center here became the service center for all separation actions to include providing Airmen with their separation orders and DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty.

  • May 29 airpower summary: C-130s transport troops

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations May 29, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles conducted shows of force in

  • Ghost-imaging could have satellite application

    Investigators funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research are conducting research under the name of "ghost-imaging," where a visual image of an object is created by means of light that has never interacted with the object. The new technology may result in a more versatile use of field

  • Shipping it out

    Tech. Sgt. Loren Hare signals Staff Sgt. Sapira Walker on the placement of a Navy P-3 Orion propeller that is being readied for shipment May 30 at Ali Base, Iraq. Airmen in the traffic management office are responsible for preparing, packaging, shipping and receiving all outbound cargo here.

  • 2-time Oscar winner presents film at Air Force Week

    Military medicine and wounded warriors took center stage in the "Fighting for Life" documentary produced by Terry Sanders shown during Air Force Week in Philadelphia May 28 at the Levitt Auditorium of the University of the Arts here. Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Terry Sanders and

  • CE Airmen complete projects to benefit U.S., Iraqi army

    Airmen from Detachment 6 of the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron recently returned here from forward deployed locations where they were instrumental in building infrastructures for coalition and joint forces in Iraq. One project was to build a joint combat outpost in the Diyala River