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B-2 Bombers arrive at Andersen AFB
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam: More than 240 Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., arrived here in late February to support the deployment of B-2 Spirits as part of the continuous bomber presence here. The Airmen and aircraft replaced the service-members and the B-52 Stratofortresses deployed here from Barksdale AFB, La. Andersen AFB has [...]
Bilateral training hones US, JASDF capabilities
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan: U.S. and Japanese military aircraft joined to practice defending Okinawa from simulated enemies during joint bilateral training here Feb. 22 through 26. The training involved a variety of aircraft flying simulated hostile scenarios aimed at training personnel for joint planning and execution of missions. The 67th and 44th Fighter Squadrons from [...]
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 a precision-approach system that consists of hardware, including antennas and electronics, [...]
Green businesses sprouting at closed Air Force bases
SACRAMENTO, Calif: It may be counterintuitive to think of Environmental Protection Agency Superfund sites as hotbeds of green technology. But as Air Force Real Property Agency representatives — responsible for buying, selling and managing Air Force property worldwide — continue cleaning, restoring and transferring property to local communities, five former California Air Force bases are [...]
Army, Air Force to celebrate 100 years of military aviation
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: Lt. Benjamin Foulois piloted the first military airplane, the Signal Corps Aircraft Number One, into the air for seven and a half minutes at Fort Sam Houston March 2, 1910. March 2, a reenactment by an authentic-looking Wright “B” Flyer will mark the 100th anniversary of Foulois’ historic flight. A [...]
Officials Push Tanker RFP Fairness
WASHINGTON: The Air Force released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the KC-X tanker replacement program in what it hopes will be the final time. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, and Under Secretary of Defense (AT&L) came to the Pentagon press room to emphasize that the [...]
Flash media still prohibited on Air Force network
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.: The ban on flash media use in the Air Force is still in place, although U.S. Strategic Command officials at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., issued an order Feb. 12 allowing limited use of removable flash media devices under very specific circumstances and “according to service guidelines.” Consistent with this [...]
Tanker Solicitation Seeks Fair Competition, Best Value
WASHINGTON: The final request for proposals to solicit bids for a new aerial tanker was designed to promote fair, open competition that provides the best warfighting capability for the best value, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said here today. Meanwhile, the process will serve as a model for the Defense Department’s acquisition reform [...]
Future of Airbus A400M Is Safe For Now
Spain said the seven European nations financing the A400M turboprop transport plane have reached a compromise in the battle to finance the unexpectedly expensive military transport plane. A tentative agreement has been reached in the fight over additional financing for the much-delayed military transport plane A400M, the Spanish defense minister said on Wednesday. “We reached [...]
