From AF Daily Report 10 Dec 09

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123181403

From AF Daily Report 10 Dec 09 **Always tricky dealing with other countries for overflight rights. Remember the Berlin Airlift and the use of Manas Air Base? Polar Route: One option being explored by US Transportation Command as it prepares to move an additional 30,000 troops and their equipment int...

From AF Daily Report 10 Dec 09 A Chip Off the Old Block: Northrop Grumman announced Tuesday that the first Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 40 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft "performed beautifully" during its maiden test flight in November. This airframe, designated AF-18, flew for appro...

Are these the RC's that were at KOFF that day he supplied the list? Not a complete list.. Also are there any public domain pics of the inside back of a RC? I am sure I read somewhere that there have been a few airshows in USA where u could walk through the front section..?? Barry edit, this is my s...

135s at Offutt- 9 Dec 09/ I got these from a former crew member at a model meeting tonight. RC-135V 63-792 RC 135W 62-125 62-126 62-130 62-131 62-132 62-134 62-135 62-138 62-139 RC-135V 64-841 64-842 64-843 64-844 64-845 64-846 64-848 RC-135U 64-847 64-849 RC-135S 62-662 62-663 62-128 TC-135W 62-129...

An email from a friend. It looks like a mini B-2. The Navy has one in development by Northrup Grumman. Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 9:29 PM Subject: USAF Confirms New Stealth UAV This photo appeared on the web early this week. It precipitated the Air Force's confirmation of the aircraft. Nena USA...

Anyone know if this list is correct, from Chris Globe....we were going to start an RC135 website! 61-2662 RC135S 45 RS 55 Wg  OF (bk) TF33 61-2663 RC135S 45 RS 55 Wg  OF (bk) CFM56 61-2667 NC135W 47 RS 55 Wg  OF (bk) TF33 61-2670 OC135B 45 RS 55 Wg  OF (bk) mkd. Open Skies TF33 61-2672 OC135B 45 RS...

The Australian November 24, 2009 Pg. 2 Defence Chiefs Support $16Bn Joint Strike Fighter Purchase By Patrick Walters, National Security Editor Australia’s defence chiefs have firmly backed the RAAF’s planned $16 billion investment in the joint strike fighter, with cabinet’s national security committ...

From AF Daily Report 23 Nov 09 CV-22s Return from Combat Debut: Six CV-22 tiltrotor aircraft and airmen from the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Fla., returned home earlier this month from a previously undisclosed three-month deployment to Southwest Asia. This was the first combat tou...

The 362nd flew EC-47s in VN. They have been re-activated in the MC-12. Video here of the Airplane and preflight.

http://www.ec47.com/362ndERS.htm

From AF Daily Report 19 Nov 09 Shoot Down by Laser: Boeing announced Nov. 18 that it had conducted a successful test in May of the Mobile Active Targeting Resource for Integrated eXperiments (MATRIX), which used a single, high-brightness laser beam to track and destroy five unmanned aerial vehicles ...

From AF Daily Report 20 Nov 09 Dolphins, Elephants, Whatever: Active duty and Air Force Reserve Command airmen transported four dolphins and their handlers from the Navy's Marine Mammals Program in San Diego to New Caledonia, where they were to help locate and dispose of more than 200 World War II-e...

My experience with serveral SERB (Selective Early Retirement Board) and Enlisted Select-out boards has been that the Military Personnel Center (it used to be called that, I don't know if it still is) develops criteria for 'selecting-out' people. The SERBs operated exactly like a Promotion Board in r...

From AF Daily Report 20 Nov 09 Confab Over Tyndall: Rep. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) and members of the Bay Defense Alliance met in Washington, D.C., with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz to sing praises of Tyndall AFB, Fla., and ensure it will continue to train F-22 pilots. Tyndall is passing ...

Video clip and commentary:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8369501.stm

Looks like a predator fuselage on steroids two engines, and proportional wings. Good looking weapons carriage too.

UK's Largest Fully-Autonomous UAS Completes Initial Flight Trials Source / copyright : BAE Systems PLC (LSE: BAES.L) by Staff Writers Farnborough, UK (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 BAE Systems has successfully flown the largest fully autonomous unmanned aircraft ever to be built in the UK. The next generation a...

FROM AF Daily Report 18 Nov 09 Too Much of a Good Thing: The Air Force has too many airmen in hand—thanks to the poor economy which officials believe has led to a higher retention rate—so plans to shed 3,700 personnel during fiscal 2010 to stay on target for an end strength of 331,700 airmen. The se...

From AF Daily Report 18 NOV 09 Good Intel: A top Chinese Air Force official says China will have fifth-generation fighters fielded within eight to 10 years—and that puts them ahead of the timeline Defense Secretary Robert Gates projected in arguing to curtail F-22 production at only 187 aircraft. Va...

From AF Daily Report 17 Nov 09 No Save for Willow Grove: Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania issued a statement Nov. 12 withdrawing a plan that would have given new life to NAS JRB Willow Grove. He wrote in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates that the plan for Willow Grove to host military, homel...

It has been my experience that if you voluntarily close things. Subsequent budget decisions ignore those facts and cut even more. :roll: London Sunday Times November 15, 2009 RAF Plans Huge Cuts In Aircraft And Stations By Michael Smith AIR FORCE chiefs are preparing to cut 10,000 staff — a quarter ...