March 13, 2009

USSTRATCOM thanks Omaha business for command support

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – The U.S. Strategic Command Chief of Staff and Command Chief thanked Hilton Omaha representatives Thursday for their support of the 2008 USSTRATCOM Annual Awards Banquet held Feb. 27.

March 11, 2009

USSTRATCOM Joint PME website earns Air Force award

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – The United States Strategic Command Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education (EJPME) Community of Practice (CoP) website hosted by Air Force Knowledge Now (AFKN) recently earned honors as AFKN Champion CoP Award winner for the 1st Quarter of 2009 in the Enhancing Force Category.

March 6, 2009

Change sparks review

Officials at U.S. Strategic Command have begun studying the potentially sweeping implications of a little noticed provision in the 2008 Unified Command Plan that puts the Omaha, NE-based command in charge of monitoring the flight paths of both U.S. military and commercial satellites for potential collisions

March 4, 2009

DoD IT Procurement Too Slow: Cartwright

The current method of procurement for information technology is so slow that by the time software systems and the like are purchased, they're out of date, Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Gen. James Cartwright said March 4 at a conference for the IT industry.

March 4, 2009

CNO announces new missile defense command

Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, announced the coming formation of the Navy Air and Missile Defense Command during a speech before a business group Wednesday night in Northern Virginia.

Feb. 13, 2009

Editorial: Maintain Nuclear Deterrence

Gen. Kehler editorial - I am responding to the article "Air Force fails new nuclear reviews"

Feb. 5, 2009

The Nuclear Force Revival

With the release last October of the strategic planning document\r\n"Reinvigorating the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise," USAF unveiled a\r\ncomprehensive plan to strengthen its handling of ICBM forces and\r\nnuclear-capable bombers

Jan. 30, 2009

Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center to Grow

Since the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Centers establishment in March of 2006, Kirtland AFB has been the home of the AFNWC, strengthening the base's longstanding tradition of nuclear enterprise

Jan. 22, 2009

Finalists announced for cyber command HQ

Six bases are finalists for the headquarters of 24th Air Force, a new numbered Air Force that will become the service's cyber component, Air Force officials at the Pentagon announced today

Jan. 22, 2009

6 bases considered for Global Strike Command

The Air Force announced Wednesday the six bases where officials are considering stationing the permanent headquarters of Global Strike Command