Aug. 22, 2022 OC-ALC partnerships foster engineering opportunities The Educational Partnership Agreement between Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex and Oklahoma Christian University creates many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics related opportunities for students and Airmen alike.
Aug. 22, 2022 Museum to host Marine Corps art exhibit The National Museum of the U.S. Air force is pleased to announce the opening of a temporary exhibit on loan from the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Sponsored by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, the traveling art exhibition Honor, Courage, Commitment: Marine Corps Art, 1975-2018 will be
Aug. 22, 2022 Museum to host a Vietnam Veteran salute with replica wall, B-52 flyover The museum will host the American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) Vietnam Memorial Aug. 18-21. This 80% replica of the Vietnam Wall bears the names of more than 58,000 service members killed in Southeast Asia. As a backdrop for this memorial exhibit the museum will host a B-52 fly-over, USAF
Aug. 22, 2022 Sea 2 Sky: test, special ops units combine for water survival training A 413th Flight Test Squadron UH-1 completed hoist training by lifting 492nd Special Operations Wing Airmen out of water to complete their water survival portion of their survival, evasion, resistance and evasion training.
Aug. 21, 2022 New ILS-S enterprise capability integrates Air Force wholesale cryptological asset Management The Integrated Logistics System – Supply (ILS-S) Program Management Office (PMO) successfully fielded new information technology capabilities that enabled the Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division (CCSD) personnel to manage the wholesale item management and repair storage of cryptologic assets.
Aug. 20, 2022 Purchase Request Process System (PRPS) Shares Success of Using Agile The Purchase Request Process System (PRPS) started the transition from waterfall to agile software development in November 2020, and over the last 20 months, has completed 24 releases.
Aug. 19, 2022 Deputy Secretary of Defense visits Air Force Research Laboratory Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks traveled to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Aug. 17, 2022, where she visited an Air Force Research Laboratory thermal materials testing facility and was briefed on key areas including counter-directed energy weapons development, opportunities and
Aug. 19, 2022 Modified X-62 helps accelerate tactical autonomy development The Air Force Research Laboratory Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office has invested $15 million upgrading a decades-old workhorse to make it relevant for 21st century warfighter challenges.
Aug. 19, 2022 Air Force Marathon returns in person for 2022 After two years as a virtual event, the Air Force Marathon will again be in person just in time to help celebrate the Air Force 75th anniversary.
Aug. 18, 2022 573rd AMXS working largest F-16 SLEP to date The 573rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is in the midst of the most extensive Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) structural modifications and upgrades ever done on the F-16 Fighting Falcon airframe.
Aug. 18, 2022 Program & Budget Enterprise System (PBES) Supports the Air Force’s PPBE Process When the President’s budget is announced, many people ask, “how does this happen?” The President’s budget is calculated years in advance to prepare for the ever-changing environment of the world.
Aug. 18, 2022 AEDC Spark Tank: Innovative integration of smart radios to enhance 586th FLTS flight test capabilities The 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, will be integrating new smart radios to improve and adapt the current flight test capabilities and meet the increasing need to support rapid software-based development technologies.The 586 FLTS is part of the 704th Test Group,
Aug. 18, 2022 Air Force awards runway extension contract for JBER, Alaskan geostrategic hub The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is leading the largest Pacific Air Forces construction project awarded to date -- $309 million to extend a runway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
Aug. 17, 2022 Third iteration of AFTC Data Hackathon an innovation success Air Force Test Center hosted its third Data Hackathon virtually and in person at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., August 8-12.
Aug. 17, 2022 New commander leads sustainment center Teamwork, accountability, respect, transparency, credibility, and engagement will all be hallmarks of the AFSC organization, he said, as the team continues to build on the success of Art of the Possible and the mission culture.