June 22 airpower summary: F-15Es bomb enemy forces

Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations June 22, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer, F-15E Strike Eagles and A-10

Donley in as acting Air Force secretary

Michael B. Donley is the new acting secretary of the Air Force, succeeding Michael Wynne, who held the position since November 2005. Mr. Donley was previously the administration and management director for the Secretary of Defense, a position sometimes referred to as "mayor" of the Pentagon. The

June 21 airpower summary: A-10s target anti-Afghan forces

Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations June 21, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped a guided bomb unit-31 and

June 20 airpower summary: F-16s in the fight

Coalition airpower integrated with Coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations June 20, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer and A-10 Thunderbolt

Protecting the Winfield levee

Missouri Air National Guardsmen man checkpoints

Jon Taggert is a full-time political science major at Missouri State University most of the year, but June 20, and for the next few weeks, he's Airman 1st Class Taggert and he's helping to maintain order in the partially flooded town of Foley, Mo.Airman Taggert, a member of the 131st Security Forces

Officials provide flood info for federal employees

Defense Department officials have issued information to assist federal employees and agencies affected by the recent flooding throughout the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley, military officials said. "Our Defense Department employees are a valued resource and an essential part of our total

AFIT Class of 2008 graduates

Seventy-two scientists, engineers and management specialists are the recipients of graduate and doctoral degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology.  AFIT's Graduate School of Engineering and Management held its June 2008 graduation ceremony June 19 at the National Museum of the United

UPDATED - SECAF salutes Airmen during ceremony

Beneath the spires of the Air Force Memorial erected under his watch, the secretary of the Air Force bid farewell to Airmen June 20, his last day as their senior civilian official. Secretary Michael W. Wynne addressed the crowd of Airmen, civilians and media in a ceremony at the memorial, speaking

Air Force aims to improve electronic warfare capabilities

Controlling the electromagnetic spectrum to deny or attack an adversary -- that is electronic warfare, and the Air Force is in search of ways to maximize that capability. Air Force leaders started the Electronic Warfare Life Cycle Management Group to establish a uniform approach to the research,