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June 17, 2019
New course aims to transform Air Force acquisition

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Improving the integration between the Air Force acquisition community and members of the operational community is one of the goals of the Air Force Materiel Command-sponsored Advanced Acquisition Course, the inaugural cohort for which is scheduled to start in
June 17, 2019
AFRL XQ-58A UAV completes second successful flight

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a low-cost unmanned air vehicle, successfully completed all test objectives during a 71-minute flight on June 11, 2019, at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona.The test marked the second successful flight for the aircraft this year.
June 14, 2019
DoD seeks feedback from Airmen, families on Housing Resident Bill of Rights

The Department of Defense is asking current residents of military privatized housing to provide feedback on a draft version of a Resident Bill of Rights.
June 13, 2019
Air Force conducts successful hypersonic weapon flight test

The U.S. Air Force successfully conducted the first flight test of its AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, on a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft on June 12 at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
June 12, 2019
Healthy foods add spice to life

Gone are the days where healthy food meant lack of taste. The Air Force, in partnership with the Culinary Institute of America, is training military and civilian employees how to better deliver healthy food that's prepared with healthier, fresher ingredients, a wider variety of spices and using
June 4, 2019
KC-46, F-35 completes receiver certification testing

Two of the Air Force’s newest aircraft completed a major accomplishment recently at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
June 4, 2019
88th Mission Operations Group (Provisional) stands up, provides consolidated command and control for installation protection/defense

“Change . . . the act or instance of making or becoming different.” We’ve all heard the phrase, “change is the only constant in life,” and that applies to just about everything and everyone, to include the 88th Air Base Wing, which will begin to embark on a change of its own.As part of an
June 4, 2019
Technology, AFWERX, helping SF Academy graduates become more lethal, ready

Recognizing the pace of change is accelerating, the Security Forces Academy here has taken full advantage of an opportunity to help field tomorrow’s Air Force faster and smarter by adding innovative technology into its apprentice course to help produce more lethal and ready Airmen.
May 15, 2019
Air Force, University of Dayton Research Institute’s newest laboratory will have wings

DAYTON, Ohio – Officials from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and the University of Dayton Research Institute will accept delivery of a C-130 aircraft from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., at UDRI’s headquarters building May 15. The aircraft which has been decommissioned will be used to
May 14, 2019
University of Florida set to become home for Air Force research in assured autonomy

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Force Research Laboratory and the University of Florida kicked off a new university-led Center of Excellence for assured autonomy in contested environments May 13-14 at a meeting in Gainesville, Florida.The Air Force is interested in this research area because it needs its
May 8, 2019
AERONet prototype could provide combat insight to allies

“Bold Quest is the first time we will be able to show our target partner nation audience what AERONet can do for them,” said Maj. Scott Frye, the AERONet program manager with the C3I&N Quick Reaction Capability Branch. He is helping to transition AERONet from an Air Force Research Lab concept to
May 8, 2019
Munitions complex coming to Eglin

A groundbreaking ceremony was held here May 7, for a new $75 million munitions research complex. The Air Force Research Laboratory facility, officially designated as the Advanced Munitions Technology Complex, will provide increased munitions research and test capabilities for the warfighter.
May 6, 2019
New AFRL division brings S&T and medical research capability together

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A new division in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing was activated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here May 1. “The Warfighter Medical Optimization Division becomes one
May 3, 2019
Air Force Research Laboratory completes successful shoot down of air-launched missiles

White Sands Missile Range, N.M. – The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program successfully completed a major program milestone April 23, 2019 with the successful surrogate laser weapon system shoot down
May 2, 2019
Air Force licenses nutritional supplement to New Jersey firm

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - A nutritional supplement developed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement by the Air Force Research Laboratory and industry partner, MusclePharm Inc. was recently made available for the public.Mission Critical Nutrition, also known as MCN-40,

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