April 19, 2024 AFMC Annual Excellence Award winners light up the night The Air Force Materiel Command held their Annual Excellence Awards April 17 to spotlight individuals whose outstanding contributions significantly impacted the command's mission in 2023.
April 18, 2024 AFSFC explores updated non-lethal weapon options for Defender force The Air Force Security Forces Center is continuing its efforts to arm Defenders with the technology and equipment they need to better protect people and resources across the Department of the Air Force.
April 18, 2024 Kendall, Allvin, Saltzman continue modernization drumbeat, need for Congress to approve budgets on time DAF Secretary Frank Kendall and the top-ranking military leaders told a House committee April 17 that adequately defending the nation against modern-day adversaries demands the services modernize quickly and that Congress deliver funding in a timely and predictable manner.
April 17, 2024 USAF Test Pilot School and DARPA announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent breakthroughs that have launched the machine-learning era within the aerospace industry.
April 17, 2024 AFCEC streamlines CE work tasks with mobile IT initiative The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently introduced a new custom-designed mobile tab for the NexGen IT system to help installations collect, manage and use civil engineering data more efficiently.
April 17, 2024 SpaceWERX, Aerospace Corporation collaborate to guide technologies through the 'Valley of Death' SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, has partnered with the Aerospace Corporation to establish a cutting-edge “Technology Readiness Level”, or TRL, bootcamp lab in El Segundo, California.
April 16, 2024 Big bombs, no problem in latest loadcrew competition (photos) 1st Quarter 96th Maintenance Group battle.
April 16, 2024 DAF expands training for civilian Defender force The Department of the Air Force, Air Force Security Forces Center and the Department of Veteran Affairs’ Law Enforcement Training Center have partnered to expand essential training for its civilian Defender force.
April 16, 2024 Award-winning history team turns pages into power The Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command History and Heritage Directorate won the 2024 Department of the Air Force Excellence in Major Command History Program Management Award.
April 15, 2024 AFRL-developed physiological monitoring system undergoes flight tests An Air Force Research Laboratory-developed physiological monitoring system for pilots completed a series of F-16 flight tests March 4-17, 2024, at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, or TPS, at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
April 12, 2024 Exploring Digital Materiel Management (DMM) and how it helps support warfighters (PODCAST) The AFLCMC Public Affairs office speaks with practitioners about Digital Materiel Management (DMM) and how it helps support warfighters.
April 12, 2024 Tinker AFB participates in "AERO Oklahoma" Aviation, Aerospace & Defense Awareness Day Tinker Air Force Base leaders, service members, and aviation and aerospace industry representatives gathered at the State Capitol April 3 for AERO Oklahoma, an aviation, aerospace, and defense awareness day.
April 12, 2024 Air Force stands up digital acquisition light reconnaissance foreign military sales team Known as the Digital PAQuisitions team, the team’s goal is to create a digital version of an aircraft and make it available for when a U.S. foreign military partner expresses interest in a light reconnaissance capability.
April 11, 2024 Start-ups, Air Force personnel come together during training Air Force personnel participating in Banshee Innovation Training gave myriad challenge statement presentations to Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, leadership during a culmination event April 5 at the MassChallenge offices.
April 11, 2024 100-year-old World War II veteran celebrates with Team Hanscom Base officials welcomed a local 100-year-old veteran here today to acknowledge his military service as a navigator in the B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II.