June 14, 2019 CCAF sets end date for Professional Manager Certification The program termination comes after the Air Force Credentialing Opportunities On-Line has 31 civilian industry leadership and management professional certifications available to senior noncommissioned officers.
June 14, 2019 Program provides civilian career opportunities for college students WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - For students interested in Air Force careers across multiple organizations, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is full of opportunities. This summer, 83 students were hired to work on base as part of the Premier College Intern Program (PCIP) – an Air Force-wide
June 14, 2019 Domestic Violence now classified as separate crime under UCMJ WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In August 2018, the Defense Authorization Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump making domestic violence its own specific crime separate from assault or battery for the first time ever under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.The Family Advocacy
June 14, 2019 Former AFNWC deputy director appointed to senior executive service and new position KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- A former Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center deputy was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in April.For almost four years, starting in 2015, Paul Waugh served as AFNWC’s deputy director for its Air-Delivered Capabilities Directorate, where he enabled the center
June 14, 2019 Running with faith: an Airman’s journey to redemption ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Standing there with a knife in hand and cold-hearted from the most devastating news of his life, Master Sgt. Brandan “Troy” Keel contemplated an irreversible decision. Looking into his wife’s eyes after learning she was pregnant with another man’s baby, he couldn’t
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 Survey team leverages 3-D technology for mission speed, accuracy The Radar Survey section of the 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, recently obtained new technology that revolutionizes how they survey terrain and man-made features. That new technology is a 3-D terrestrial laser scanner and according to flight supervisor Jason Kaas.
June 12, 2019 Air Force looks at faster, smarter hardware acquisition and big data to help solve T-6 OBOGS issues While many of the OBOGS issues are markedly better than last year, the Air Force is looking at ways to procure hardware upgrades like the enhanced OBOGS faster and smarter, increase basic science and research and collect and apply new research data into acquisitions standards in order to properly
June 12, 2019 AFRL student challenges inspire innovation WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Teams of emerging scientists and engineers are developing solutions to some of the Air Force’s most challenging problems, thanks to an Air Force Research Laboratory competition that harnesses the talents of students and cadets from throughout the country.The
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