B-2s Return To Guam, Replace B-1 Squadron

Posted at: Wed May 3rd, 2006

HAGATNA, Guam (Marianas Variety, May 3) – More than 250 personnel and several B-2 bomber aircraft from the 509th Bomb Wing based in Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, were deployed to [Guam's] Andersen Air Force Base over the weekend.

Military base plan far from resolved

Posted at: Wed May 3rd, 2006

In the seven months since Congress seemingly set in stone the Base Realignment and Closure Commission's plan to cut the fat out of the nation's military installations, the plan remains mired in legal and political battles that are creating a cascade of change and uncertainty.

CENTAF releases air power summary

Posted at: Wed May 3rd, 2006

5/3/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released today's air power summary. In Afghanistan May 2, Air Force F-15 Eagles successfully struck two caves near Asadabad with precision-guided JDAMs. Initial reports indicate secondary explosions were seen from...

DoD Oks $147M deal to sell spy-plane equipment to Japan

Posted at: Wed May 3rd, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of four sets of Airborne Early Warning (AEW) and Command, Control and Communications (C3) mission equipment/Radar System Improvement Program (RSIP) kits as well as associated equipmen...

BMD Watch: Canadian PM defies BMD critics

Posted at: Wed May 3rd, 2006

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Decision to Strengthen His Country's Norad Defense Pact Ties with the United States Has Angered Critics Who Believe It Will Lead to Increased Ballistic Missile Defense Cooperation with Washington.

Administration Conducting Research Into Laser Weapon

Posted at: Wed May 3rd, 2006

The Bush administration is seeking to develop a powerful ground-based laser weapon that would use beams of concentrated light to destroy enemy satellites in orbit. The largely secret project, parts of which have been made public through Air Force budget documents submitted to Congress...