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  • It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s a UAV

    Due to popularity and past holiday sales, the amount of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have soared.The Federal Aviation Administration estimated more than one million UAVs were sold during the year-end holiday season. With that many new drones added to existing numbers, federal, state and

  • AF officials announce FY 2017 budget force structure changes

    Air Force officials released force structure changes resulting from the president's fiscal year 2017 budget Feb. 12.This year's budget request continues the momentum gained from the recovery provided by the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act, but still reflects the tough choices the Air Force was forced to

  • Air Force rolls out FY 2017 space budget

    Air Force leaders met with the media to discuss specifics of the service's fiscal year 2017 space budget at the Pentagon Feb. 11.Winston A. Beauchamp, the deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for space, and Maj. Gen. Roger Teague, the director of space programs for the Office of the Assistant

  • Out of the shadows: AMCS Airmen provide the missing link

    Preparing to support remotely piloted aircraft operations is no easy task. Still, Airmen assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing recently spent time showing leadership exactly what it takes to provide RPA intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support 24/7, 365 days a

  • First simulated F-35A deployment conducted at Mountain Home AFB

    A much anticipated and important test mission for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program is underway with the "deployment" of six operational test and evaluation F-35s and more than 85 Airmen from the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, which took place Feb. 8-9.This is the first simulated deployment

  • F-35 program moving forward, addressing challenges

    The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Program is moving forward while addressing various challenges, the program's executive officer said Feb. 10."In the big picture, I would tell you that the program right now is accelerating, growing and changing," Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan said at a

  • SecAF, CSAF testify on FY 2017 AF posture

     Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the fiscal year 2017 Air Force posture on Capitol Hill Feb. 10.Both James and Welsh stressed that the need for airpower continues to rise and the gap

  • Air Force announces stand up of Integrated Wing

    The Air Force will stand up an Integrated Wing pilot program at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, according to Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James."The Air Force remains on its flight path toward increasing our effectiveness and efficiency as an integrated total force service while