Air Force

May 19, 2008 -- The Department of Defense purchased relief supplies from FEMA to aid earthquake victims in China. Supplies included food, blankets, water containers, generators, lanterns, tarps and tents.

Less than 24 hours after receiving the request from the United States Pacific Command, FEMA had delivered 17 pallets of relief supplies from its Pacific Distribution Center to the 15th Airlift Wing at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii for transport to aid earthquake victims in China.

The supplies were loaded onto an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane on Saturday and flown nonstop to Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, China. DOD also stocked a second air cargo jet in Alaska with FEMA supplies for delivery to China.

Source: FEMA

February 14, 2008 -- U.S. military forces, and ground forces in particular, have operated at a high pace since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including to support ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Between 2001 and July 2007, approximately 931,000 U.S. Army and Marine Corps servicemembers deployed for overseas military operations, including about 312,000 National Guard or Reserve members.    » read more »

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 05, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $600,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) contract to develop the Seeker Integrated Target Endgame Sensor (SITES) to help advance Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM) technology.

"We believe SITES will help maximize the system's lethality," said David Moos, Boeing program manager for SITES. "This missile seeker will provide sufficient precision targeting to advance JDRADM technology. JDRADM is designed to be used against multiple types of targets during air-to-air and air-to-ground missions."    » read more »

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that Iowa will benefit from an estimated 1,600 direct and indirect jobs if it is selected to build the U.S. Air Force's new tanker aircraft fleet. The economic activity generated in Iowa will exceed an estimated $60 million annually.    » read more »

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded an $8.9 million U.S. Air Force contract to study key elements of a conventional prompt global strike missile demonstration.

The study, scheduled to be completed by June 2009, will help plan for a demonstration using a land-based Minotaur launch system and a payload delivery vehicle designed to carry and deliver various conventional payloads at global ranges in less than one hour of flight time. The contract is managed by the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base.    » read more »

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today submitted its proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the development and production of up to 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites. The enhanced spacecraft will offer positioning service that is 10 times better than today's system as well as improved anti-jamming capabilities for the warfighter.    » read more »

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $107 million U.S. Air Force contract for an additional 15,452 Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) radios and supporting equipment.

The Air Force's third full-rate production CSEL order includes radio set and adapter spares, rechargeable batteries and battery adapters. The contract calls for delivery of all components by August 2009. To date, Boeing's Anaheim, Calif.-based CSEL team has delivered more than 12,000 CSEL units to the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps.    » read more »

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 14, 2007 -- Boeing Service Company of Richardson, Texas, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has been awarded a $30 million firm-fixed-price contract to continue providing Boeing Broadband Satcom Network (BBSN) service to the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command.    » read more »

Follow the baseball's journey around the globe online

04/24/2007 4:45 PM ET -- The Atlanta Braves will honor the 60th Anniversary of the United States Air Force by sending an official Atlanta Braves baseball around the world with U.S. Airmen. Throughout the summer the Braves baseball, specially designed with a U.S. Air Force 60th Anniversary logo, will visit locations around the globe including Afghanistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Africa, Germany, France, England, Alaska, Japan, Asia, Hawaii and South America.    » read more »