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Two groups use the term air-mindedness. For scholars studying aviation, the term refers to early twentieth-century attitudes toward flight. For professional air forces, it is about a perspective of warfare. [...]

Since World War II, the US military has used aerial spray to mitigate vector-borne disease in combat situations as well as domestic postemergency scenarios. The benefit of aerial application is [...]

Byline: modificationGARRETT REIM los angeles Ground-a t t ack type's cockpit could be enhanced with three-dimensional audio system to enhance situational awareness Modifications could be approved for part of the [...]

Byline: requirementGARRETT REIM LOS ANGELES The US Air Force has ended its light-attack aircraft experiment at Hollomon AFB in New Mexico, following the fatal crash of a Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 [...]

Staff Sgt. Timothy Dawson was trying to get some rest before work the next day. The phone rang twice before he answered it. His neighbor, who lives just above his [...]

The radios were silent. This was one of the first things Lt. Col. Steve Beauchamp noticed as his F-15 Eagle lifted off the runway and started tearing through the sky. [...]

When everyone else runs away from some of nature's most destructive forces, the Hurricane Hunters fly right into the eyes of monster storms. Their mission: to gather data and send [...]

Carol Mulumba's eyes are bright; the pure white contrasting dramatically with deep-brown irises. Her skin is bright and smooth and her lips are rosy. This wasn't always so. Until a [...]

The conversation started out innocently enough. The young private was standing guard at a lone outpost in the middle of the Sinai desert as a microphone was being clipped to [...]

Each year hundreds of military officers receive advanced academic degrees (AAD), sponsored and funded by the air Force. Because graduate education is costly in terms of both funding and man-hours, [...]

On top of a ridge a stone's throw from Arlington National Cemetery, the Air Force Memorial basks among some famous companions. The Marine Corps Iwo Jima Memorial--its flag always waving--is [...]

SINCE THE CESSATION of conventional hostilities in Afghanistan in the fall of 2002 and Iraq in the spring of 2003, the United States Air Force has provided close air support [...]

THE RISE IN TERRORISM perpetrated by non-state actors is a primary threat to U.S. national security. It also challenges the relevance of air and space power. Although the United States [...]

As Doctor (Maj.) Steve Messier pushes through what was shaping up to be an 80-hour work week, his face looks understandably tired. But despite the long hours, the neonatology fellow [...]

HOT. JUST PLAIN HOT. The class of 11 students felt the suffocating heat as soon as they piled out of the air-conditioned van near Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif. [...]

TODAY NEARLY 500,000 of America's finest men and women proudly serve as enlisted Airmen in our United States Air Force--a total force made up of active duty, Air National Guard [...]

Articulating the role of air power has been a high priority for Air Force leaders during the past several years. But exactly what assignments the Air Force will be required [...]

On 5 July, the USAF renamed the Air Ground Operations School (AGOS) at Nellis AFB, Nevada, the Joint Air-Ground Operations Group (JAGOG). (1) This reflects a USAF move to reinforce [...]

The details and the updates of the U.S. Air Force bases present at Alaska are presented. The different equipment and fighter planes used by the air force bases in the region, for rescue operations and to guard the Last Frontier, are also mentioned.

The growing restive Islamic minority both in numbers and political power in the European continent has become a matter of concern for the US, which has enjoyed an exceptional relationship with Europe. Experts predict that Europe would have an Islamic majority sometime well before the end of the 21st century providing a social and political challenge to the US.

Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, played a small but vital part in Operation Unified Assistance, but it left a lasting impression. With their six [...]

US Troops are deployed all over the world and certainly during these trying times of war; headlines appear on a regular basis in the daily news. Headlines such as 'Traffic [...]

The work of Air Force medical group to provide relief to the people affected by a sudden attack is discussed. A new type of medical concept called Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) provides health care to U.S. forces in a deployed environment.

The United States Air Force (USAF) is back with its airborne electronic attack (AEA) where the U.S. Navy is the sole proprietor for mission of generating electronic protection for U.S combat aircraft flying in enemy airspace. Both the USAF and the Navy have prepared a division-of-labor scheme in which the two services will share overall responsibility, consisting of four major parts of Standoff jamming, Escort jamming, Self-protection, and Stand-in jamming.

A UH-3H Sea King helicopter from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Hawaii, airlifted two injured men from the cruise ship Pride Aloha five miles off the Kauai [...]

An overview is presented which describes both typical organization chain and USAFs Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF). Most units of air force are assigned to one of the major commands, which in turn are headed by general officers and have broad functional responsibilities.

In 2003, overall US Air Force (USAF) aircraft mission capable rates went up for the third straight year. The air force currently has five 'Falconer' air operation centers (AOC), which serve as USAFs comprehensive air warfare command centers.

0n Sunday, May 25, 2003, the atomic frequency standard on GPS satellite number 27 (SVN/PRN 27) became erratic. By Monday the range errors caused by the faulty clock had compelled [...]

A storm smashes into the coast like a giant fist. Winds of 140 mph double over palm trees before ripping them from their roots. Sections of roofs are ripped from [...]

The US Air Force has initiated an online service for its personnel that permits the checking of records, and other transactions that would normally involve a lengthy wait in line. The service has been successful, and will continue to be expanded.

The Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations mission is slowing down--at least compared to the tempo they worked in the decade after the turn of the 21st century. Despite the change, [...]

The US Air Force's funding profile for development of the Northrop Grumman long-range strike bomber (LRS-B) has come down by $2.8 billion in the service's latest budget proposal, submitted on [...]

Byline: preparations The multinational pilot training centre at Luke AFB in Arizona has grown exponentially since receiving its first Lockheed Martin F-35 in March 2014, with the unit recently having [...]