U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Officials initiate date-of-separation rollback for enlisted Airmen

    In an effort to maintain a quality enlisted force and meet mandated end strength, the Air Force will accelerate the date of separation for certain Airmen, based on their years of service and re-enlistment eligibility or assignment availability codes. Under DOS Rollback, Airmen who will have fewer

  • Servicemembers still have time to vote absentee

    Servicemembers and U.S. citizens living overseas still have time to register, request a ballot, and vote in November's mid-term elections, the Defense Department official in charge of the absentee voting program said here Oct. 18.While the registration deadlines for some states have passed, absentee

  • First F-22 slated for Pacific rolls out

    Lockheed Martin rolled out the first combat-capable F-22 Raptor Oct. 16 destined for basing and operations in the Pacific Rim.Raptor 5087 completed its final assembly, with Air Force leaders from Alaska and Lockheed Martin employees on hand to mark the event outside the production line in

  • Rice, Rumsfeld agree North Korea nuclear tests must stop

    Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reaffirmed Oct. 17 the United States' resolve to use "the full range of our commitments, including our deterrent commitments," to defend Japan and South Korea.Secretary Rice spoke to reporters aboard an aircraft taking her to meetings in Asia. She will meet with

  • CENTAF releases airpower summary for Oct. 18

    U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Oct. 18.In Afghanistan Oct. 17, Royal Air Force Harrier GR-7s conducted a strike against Taliban extremists near Gereshk. The GR-7s expended rockets on enemy targets. RAF GR-7s provided close-air support to

  • President signs 2007 Defense Authorization Act

    The fiscal 2007 National Defense Authorization Act provides more than $530 billion to maintain the military in the shape it must be to win the war on terrorism.President Bush signed the bill, officially called the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, during a small

  • Airman killed in racing accident

    Staff Sgt. Donovan Whitehurst, 27, was killed Oct. 14 when his vehicle crashed into a dirt embankment at the Outer Banks Speedway in Creswell, N.C.According to a base spokesman, Sergeant Whitehurst worked as a dispatcher for the 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,