Daily Report

April 7, 2016

Many Airmen Ineligible for OIR Medal

Most airmen deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve likely will not be eligible for the campaign’s new medal, and will instead receive the Global War on Terrorism service medal, according to the criteria for the award. The Inherent Resolve...

Attacks Don’t Reflect ISIS Strength

The recent attacks in Paris and Brussels “are not signs of ISIL’s strength, but rather, a reflection of their distorted attempts to maintain the ability to recruit in the face of their failures on the battlefield,” the vice director for...

Making NATO’s Case

Trans-Atlantic cooperation is needed more than ever to face today’s dangerous global challenges, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday, making the case for continued US involvement in the alliance. Stoltenberg, speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., cited...

Is It Deterrence?

There’s no sure way to know if NATO’s recent moves to conduct more exercises, deploy F-22s to theater, and rotate more combat aircraft into the Baltic states are deterring Russia, the Air Force’s top officer in Europe said. Gen. Frank...

South Korea: North Has Miniaturized a Nuclear Warhead

North Korea is now able to mount a nuclear warhead on a medium-range missile, putting targets within a range of 1,250 miles at risk, the South Korean government claims. A South Korean official on Tuesday said North Korea is now...

Ghost Rider Resurrected

A retired B-52H pulled from the boneyard will return to the active fleet this year after its first depot maintenance in more than a decade. “Ghost Rider,” tail number 61-007, was in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., for more than...

?Maintaining Space Superiority

The Air Force on April 5 awarded Boeing a $275 million contract to research ground-based space technology. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for Boeing’s Directed Energy and Strategic Systems arm to advance capabilities that would maintain technological superiority in space from...

Airmen Train with Greek, Israeli Partners

American, Israeli, and Greek airmen are training together in Greece as part of INIOHOS, an international exercise to enhance interoperability, capabilities, and skills. About 260 airmen from the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England, as well as 12 F-15E Strike...

DARPA, AFRL Test Track-and-Avoid UAV System

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, working with the Air Force Research Laboratory, recently successfully tested an autonomic detect and avoid system on an unmanned vehicle. The Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System program includes a small, plug-and-play system designed for...