Air Force Features

Oct. 24, 2018
CMSAF shares purpose, pride with Creech AFB Airmen

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright visited Creech Air Force Base for an in-depth look at the Remotely Piloted Aircraft enterprise and the Airmen who ensure the nation’s security.
July 26, 2018
Air Mobility Command announces next two KC-135 simulator relocations

The commander of Air Mobility Command selected Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, and MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, as the relocation sites for the next two KC-135 Stratotanker pilot flight simulators.
June 19, 2018
B-1B fleet resumes flight operations

Air Force Global Strike Command will resume B-1B flight operations this week, following the directed safety stand-down June 7th.
March 16, 2018
Test pilot briefs T-6 nation

An F-16 Fighting Falcon’s sustained 9 g-force break turn is no small matter on a normal day. Imagine yourself there. Your head weighs 180 pounds and your arms are pinned to the stick and throttle; let go of your breath the wrong way, and you watch the world fade from gray to black in an instant. Now
July 26, 2017
Tech Report: Fly by feel

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- Nature has inspired scientific and engineering innovations for hundreds of years. For scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory, it is the hairs on bats and crickets that inspired the creation of artificial hair sensors, destined to change the course of
May 9, 2017
Crickets, bats inspire researchers to develop smart ‘hair’ sensors for flight

For scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory, it is the hairs on bats and crickets that inspired the creation of artificial hair sensors, destined to change the course of agile flight.
March 8, 2016
Tech Report: The continued evolution of flight

In this Air Force Tech Report we look at how wings work, and how the team at the Air Force Research Laboratory plans to take the wing to a whole new level.
Nov. 11, 2014
Academy cadets work to improve airdrop accuracy, aircrew communication

When Academy cadets become pilots, engineers or logisticians, they will know their research here helped make several positive changes for aircrews, their planes and ground troops.
Sept. 16, 2014
Look past 1947 for Air Force roots

Maybe it's a genetic thing I share with them, but I agree that Air Force history predates Sept. 18, 1947, and think we should do a better job of recognizing that. The problem is, of course, what to use as a starting date for such remembrances?
Sept. 16, 2014
Look past 1947 for Air Force roots

Maybe it's a genetic thing I share with them, but I agree that Air Force history predates Sept. 18, 1947, and think we should do a better job of recognizing that. The problem is, of course, what to use as a starting date for such remembrances?
July 17, 2014
Seymour Johnson weather flight named AF best

The 4th Operations Support Squadron weather flight was recently selected as the 2013 Air Force Outstanding Weather Organization Below Squadron Level.
July 17, 2014
F-35s return to limited flight operations

The 26 Air Force F-35s Lightning II joint strike fighters assigned here returned to limited flight operations July 17 with the approval of commanders and Air Force airworthiness authorities.

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