Air Force
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The Air Force is planning to develop more high-tech drones that can collect intelligence and better maneuver in the combat airspace. According to the Associated Press, the Air Force has already dramatically increased the number of armed and unarmed drones over Afghanistan and Iraq. But Air Force Lt. Gen. Philip Breedlove says there are growing worries that the U.S. needs better aircraft to gather information and conduct electronic attacks in airspace.
November 09, 2010 -
Air Force Times reports the new Air Force motto -- \"Aim High … Fly-Fight-Win\" -- is getting a lukewarm response from airmen.
November 08, 2010 -
The service has reached an important first milestone in its effort to achieve a key energy conservation goal with last week\'s test of the first experimental ship to operate using algae-based bio-diesel fuel.
October 28, 2010 -
On Thursday 109 cyber experts are graduating from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Ohio. The Institute\'s Brigadier General Walter Givhan and Dean Heidi Ries joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss the Institute\'s history.
October 27, 2010 -
DoD is preparing for massive budget cuts, but military officers warn not to touch career incentives.
October 27, 2010 -
For years, the biggest renewable-energy project in the Air Force was a 140-acre solar array at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. It produces about 14-point-2 megawatts of electricity annually. Air Force engineers are now set to outdo that project with plans to build three new larger solar arrays by the year 2013.Officials at the Davis Monthan and Luke Air Force Bases in Arizona are planning even larger solar arrays to be constructed, owned, and operated by SunEdison Company. The Davis Monthan project is expected to generate 14-and-a-half megawatts of solar energy, delivering 35-percent of that bases energy needs. Meantime, officials at Luke have teamed up with the Arizona Public Service Company to build a 15-megawatt solar array on 100 acres of under-utilized base property. That project could produce enough energy to satisfy half of the base\'s energy needs, potentially saving up to 10 million dollars on utility bills over the next quarter-century.
October 25, 2010 -
More than 200 Washington, D.C.-area high school students and teachers learned about the exciting career opportunities in the field of cybersecurity today during the Northrop Grumman Corporation Cybersecurity Education Workshop. Northrop\'s Diane Miller gives us the details.
October 20, 2010 -
The clock is ticking toward the Air Force\'s decision on which of two aerospace firms will build the next generation refueling tanker. Defense analysts said that no matter who is the winner of the tanker fight next month, it\'s time to get the tankers built -- and in the air.
October 20, 2010 -
Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz said health care costs could make up as much as $65 billion of the defense budget by 2015. He said Air Force must work with other services to help reduce costs.
October 18, 2010 -
The world has changed and the United States Air Force must change too, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said at the National Press Club.
October 15, 2010 -
Air Force Doctrine Document 3-12, Cyberspace Operations is now available.
October 15, 2010 -
Imagine not having to worry about computer viruses when you surf the Internet. It\'s one of the things the Air Force\'s Lightweight Portable Security team is working on. We learn more about it, and how to get it for free, from team leader Rich Kutter.
October 14, 2010 -
Learn more in today\'s DoD report
October 12, 2010 -
The protest by U.S. Aerospace and its partner, Ukrainian aircraft-maker Antonov has been denied.
October 07, 2010 -
The Air Force is adopting what it calls a \"New Energy Culture\" to reduce the force\'s energy use.
October 05, 2010
