Articles By: US Air Force
Trimmed-Down Instrument Landing System for Air Force
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass: Officials from the 853rd Electronic Systems Group here are working to improve the transportability and deployability of instrument landing systems with an upcoming request for proposal for a deployable instrument landing system, or D-ILS.
An instrument landing system is...
March 4th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More
Air Force Officials Review Distributed Common Ground System
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va: Air Force officials began a comprehensive review of the Distributed Common Ground System, commonly known as the Sentinel, and its periodic maintenance Feb. 22 through 26 here.
Sentinel Focus 10A is the second review for the DCGS, the Air Force's globally networked intelligence...
February 26th, 2010 | Defense Technology News | Read More
Chief of Staff Highlights Importance of Space to Air Force Mission
ORLANDO, Fla: The Air Force's highest ranking uniformed officer spoke on the value of space and the emerging medium of cyberspace during the Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition Feb. 18 in Orlando.
"Virtually all aspects of military operations are affected in some way by the capabilities provided...
February 23rd, 2010 | Defense Technology News | Read More
KC-10s on the Move for Deployed Operations
SOUTHWEST ASIA: Two thousand, seven hundred and fixty six.. That's how many times in 2009 KC-10 Extender flight crews from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia supported "troops in contact" in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
That number, according...
February 16th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More
USAF Award Contract to Keep French AWACS Fleet Current
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass: Officials from the Electronic Systems Center here achieved the next step toward upgrading France's fleet of airborne warning and control system aircraft with the recent award of a $324 million contract to the Boeing Company.
"The modification that will be completed with...
February 15th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More
Joint STARS engineers work sensor integration project
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass: Members of an Electronic Systems Center team here are using an aircraft identified for parts reclamation, or re-use, to reduce cost, save time and minimize risk during a process to integrate a sensor system on an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or Joint...
December 22nd, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
Air Force Launches Satellite to Enhance Military Communications
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION: Air Force officials successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite from here at 8:47 p.m. EST Dec. 5 when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM into space.
WGS satellites are designed to provide high-capacity communications to U.S....
December 14th, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
General Briefs Coalition, Afghan Forces on Way Ahead
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan: Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, held a press conference here Dec. 2, to address the way ahead following President Barak Obama's speech regarding the increase of coalition forces in Afghanistan in 2010.
It's been a...
December 9th, 2009 | Defense & Security News | Read More
Iraqi Airmen Score Bull’s Eye with Hellfire Missile Shoot
AL ASAD SHADOW RANGE, Iraq: For the first time since the re-formation of the Iraqi air force, an Iraqi pilot fired a missile from an aircraft Nov. 04.
A three-man Iraqi aircrew from Squadron 3 fired an AGM-114 Hellfire missile from an AC-208 Caravan at a target on a bombing range near Al Asad Air Base,...
November 13th, 2009 | Air Force News | Read More
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Pay Raise for Everyone in the Armed Forces
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Review Drops Two-War Force Size Paradigm
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India, Russia to Sign Deals Worth USD 10bn During Putin Visit
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Solar array to ‘dim’ Luke AFB electric bill
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Policy to mandate head injury evaluations
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