U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Laser simulator provides weapons training

    A high-energy laser weapon simulator is helping F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots gain valuable experience with high-energy weapons. The simulator is located at the Fighter Weapons Training Branch in Mesa, Ariz.The simulator allows pilots to use those simulated weapons in tactical engagements against

  • Rumsfeld: Two options in terror war

    Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told servicemembers at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 25 the United States faced only two options in its war on terror: Fight the terrorists where they live today, or fight them in America tomorrow.Rumsfeld said the war on terrorism is unlike any the United

  • Airman charged with murder

    An airman from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, was charged with murder in connection with the death of another airman.Military officials preferred charges against Staff Sgt. Jason Arindain on Aug. 25 for violating Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He allegedly strangled Staff Sgt.

  • Coalition repels attack

    Coalition special operations forces and Afghan militia forces repelled an attack Aug. 25, with no coalition casualties and leaving more than 14 enemy dead.The attack occurred in the vicinity of Tarin Kowt in the Kandahar Province with enemy forces using small arms and rocket-propelled

  • DOD students score high on national test

    Results show Defense Department school system students scored consistently higher than the national average on a standardized test.Numbers from the 2003 TerraNova 2nd Edition standardized test revealed DOD third-to eleventh-graders scored higher than the national 50th-percentile average in the

  • Tinker employee saves AF $5 million

    A logistics management specialist in the cruise missile product group came up with a suggestion to save the Air Force close to $5.5 million.In the process, Tracy Thompson earned $10,000 for himself through the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program.Thompson came up with his

  • Kit redesign prevents parts damage

    Spare parts onboard E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft will no longer be bubble-wrapped parcels rattling around inside unpadded containers.Instead, each critical part of a spares package will be nestled into customized niches cut into polyethelene foam, said Airman 1st Class

  • Academy ranks among nation’s best

    The U.S. Air Force Academy has one of the nation's top undergraduate engineering programs, according to U.S. News & World Report.The national news magazine released its America’s Best Colleges 2004 edition, which rated universities in a number of general areas. In the overall engineering rankings

  • Cadet faces court-martial

    An Air Force Academy cadet is scheduled to be court-martialed here Aug. 28.Cadet 2nd Class Robert C. Graham II has been charged with using and distributing Ecstasy and an Ecstasy derivative. The crimes are felonies and violations of Article 112a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Graham

  • AFMC welcomes new commander

    Air Force Materiel Command’s new leader officially accepted command Aug. 22 during a ceremony at the Air Force Museum here.Gen. Gregory S. Martin assumed command from Gen. Lester L. Lyles who held the position since April 2000. Following the change of command, Lyles retired after 35 years of