Jan. 26, 2016 Recapitalizing JSTARS: the radar For more than two decades, the Air Force's Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System has provided valuable intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to commanders by detecting, locating and tracking enemy ground forces from afar.Identified as the service's fourth largest acquisition
Jan. 24, 2016 KC-46A Pegasus conducts 1st in-flight refueling demonstration The KC-46A Pegasus successfully transferred fuel through its boom to an F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter Jan. 24, 2016, to demonstrate aerial refueling operations in advance of its first production decision later this spring.The Pegasus passed 1,600 pounds of fuel to an F-16 piloted by Lt. Col. Daniel
Jan. 22, 2016 LCMC: Powerful C-17 engine program managed at Robins The turbofan engines that power every C-17 Globemaster III in the Air Force fleet have now transitioned into a sustainment phase.The final F117-PW-100 engine, produced by Pratt & Whitney, is scheduled to be delivered to the Air Force this month. It will be the 1,313th engine the company has produced
Jan. 21, 2016 F-35 fires first AIM-9X missile An F-35 from the 461st Flight Test Squadron launched an AIM-9X missile for the first time over the Pacific Sea Test Range Jan. 12, 2016. The Flight Sciences aircraft, AF-1, of the Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force, was piloted by David Nelson, Lockheed Martin chief F-35 test pilot at
Jan. 20, 2016 Recapitalizing JSTARS: the airframe Of all the components going into the new JSTARS weapon system, the most noticeable -- at least at a glance -- is the airframe.For the past two years, a specialized team at Hanscom AFB has been hard at work researching and learning about the various aircraft in today's marketplace -- all in an effort
Jan. 15, 2016 Two WPAFB units earn AFOUA The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award has been awarded to the 88th Air Base Wing and to the 21st Intelligence Squadron here for exceptionally meritorious service for the period Aug. 1, 2013 to July 31, 2015. The award is presented to numbered units for exceptionally meritorious service or
Jan. 14, 2016 AFOSR awards grants to 56 scientists and engineers through Young Investigator Research Program The Air Force Office of Scientific Research today Jan. 14, 2016, that it will award approximately $20.6 million in grants to 56 scientists and engineers from 41 research institutions and small businesses who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research
Jan. 13, 2016 AFMC's Wingman Intervention program going strong More than two years after it was introduced, Air Force Materiel Command's Wingman Intervention program is still going strong."During the spring 2013 Wingman Day, AFMC made a concerted effort to provide its Airmen with the skills and confidence they need to safely intervene when they see fellow
Jan. 13, 2016 Recapitalizing JSTARS: the communication system Communication is key.And for the Air Force's Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft, its communication component is one of four major areas undergoing a combined multi-billion dollar recapitalization.Since JSTARS's introduction in 1991, Air Force command posts, Army mobile ground
Jan. 12, 2016 Test team aims at new machine gun for Pave Hawk Arriving in the rain, an Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter landed at Edwards Jan. 5, 2016, to begin testing the ballistic dispersion of a GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun.The Pave Hawk will be here until Jan. 22 with the 412th Test Wing and 418th Flight Test Squadron providing the facilities,