U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Air Force meets, exceeds recruiting goals for eighth year

    The Air Force met its active-duty enlisted recruiting goal for the eighth year in a row and exceeded its chaplain and Officer Training School accession goals for fiscal 2007. "I'm proud of our highly professional recruiting force, who continue to exemplify the Air Force core values of integrity,

  • Air Force to transform installation acquisition

    Air Force leaders have announced a comprehensive restructuring of installation acquisition to strategically source goods and services in support of all Air Force installations in the continental United States. During the past 18 months, Air Force acquisition leaders conducted a comprehensive

  • Future of Air Force energy discussed at industry forum

    Air Force officials announced their intent to lease underutilized Air Force property and apply other tools to attract the support of private industry for energy projects at installations during an industry forum in September in Ontario, Calif.The Air Force Enhanced Use Lease Energy Industry Forum

  • Airman's Roll Call highlights Airmen, political activities

    This week's Airman's Roll Call highlights Airmen's options to engage in the democratic process. Airmen can vote and express personal opinions on political candidates and issues; can sign petitions and write letters to the editor as a private citizen; and can contribute to political organizations or

  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs visits Air Force Theater Hospital

    Newly appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, visited service members and staff at the Air Force Theater Hospital Oct. 4 here . Admiral Mullen said he wanted to get a good focus on what is concerning servicemembers and their families. "I came to thank them for a

  • Ehn scores two goals in 4-1 win over Calgary

    Senior center Eric Ehn scored two goals to lead Air Force to a 4-1 win over Calgary in an exhibition college hockey game Oct. 8 at the Cadet Ice Arena. Air Force opened the scoring at the 9:12 mark of the first period when freshman Sean Bertsch scored with a wrister from the left faceoff circle.

  • Teamwork, skepticism lead to early finish for project

    The motivation to prove skeptics wrong and a strong foundation of teamwork set the stage for the recent completion of an important new ramp here. The $8.9 million construction project, started in 2005, created a 270,000 square-foot concrete ramp to replace the corrugated "steel beach" that had

  • B-2s deploy to Guam

    Four B-2 Spirits from the 393rd Bomb Squadron, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., arrived here Oct. 7 as part of a continuous bomber presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions. A dramatic leap

  • Oct. 8 airpower summary: F-16s stay close overhead

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Oct. 8, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an enemy position in Asadabad was successfully struck

  • Airmen train for Wideband Global SATCOM

    Five Airmen from the 3rd Space Operations Squadron here were the first to finish training recently for the Wideband Global SATCOM system, which is scheduled to launch Oct. 9. Wideband Global SATCOM, or WGS, is the successor to the Defense Satellite Communications System and will offer 12 times the