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  • The AFMC We Need initiative is an enterprise-wide effort to ensure identify both the areas in which Air Force Materiel Command excels as well as the challenges and opportunities for improvement across the mission footprint. Survey and interview findings will be analyzed to create a series of recommendations for AFMC leadership review and potential action at the conclusion of the study. (Courtesy Photo)

    Initiative draws large feedback, widespread support

    The Air Force Materiel Command’s AFMC We Need initiative continues to make steady progress, with project teams completing phase two visits to AFMC operating locations this week. The initiative aims to identify both the areas in which the command excels as well as the challenges and opportunities for improvement across the mission footprint. Command-wide survey and interview findings will be analyzed to create a series of recommendations for AFMC leadership review and potential action at the conclusion of the study.

  • G4G program fuels Airmen wellness

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Airmen at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have an ally in their pursuit of health and overall wellness – the ever-improving, nutritious offerings at Pitsenbarger Dining Hall in Kittyhawk Center, Area A.“The days of meatloaf, potatoes and pie are almost gone,” said Jon Vogel, food service officer, 88th Force
  • An unmanned jet-powered aircraft takes off from dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., July 25. The flight tested a software suite called TACE, Testing Autonomy in a Complex Environment, developed by John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

    TACE lays down foundation for future UAV test safety

    The 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force conducted an autonomous test flight at Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 25. The flight’s mission was to test a software suite designed to make unmanned aerial vehicle flight safer.
  • Weapons Load Q2

    Blue blazes in weapons load

    96th Test Wing's 2nd quarter weapons load crew competition. Blue team photos.

  • AFRL launched largest unmanned space structure on SpaceX Falcon Heavy

    A satellite spanning nearly the length of a football field was launched on board a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., June 25.
  • Airmen 1st Class Logan Peters and Devin Julia, Ashkan Serat and Master Sgt. Jeremy Longo, pose for a photo on July 18, 2019. They served as part of a multi-organizational team that spent a week testing potential HVAC replacement units at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. (Courtesy photo)

    Team explores options to keep B-2 Spirit "cool"

    Members of the 509th Maintenance Squadron tested five Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units to evaluate potential new cooling options for the B-2 Spirit.
  • An autonomous drone follows Jose Martinez Lorenzo, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University, during the Air Force’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Pitch Day, July 24, at the Northeastern University Innovation Campus in Burlington, Mass. The demonstration of autonomous drone technology was part of a day dedicated to bringing new and innovative companies into the Air Force to work on detecting, tracking, defeating and controlling drones and drone swarms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki)

    Air Force targets drones during latest Pitch Day

    The day-long event began with thirteen pitches from businesses, followed by deliberations by Air Force junior officers and civilians, who chose to award Phase 1 small business contracts to every Pitch Day participant. The afternoon included demonstrations from Northeastern University researchers, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and two entrepreneurs selected earlier in the day.

  • AFMC Airman named one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of 2019

    An Air Force selection board at the Air Force’s Personnel Center considered 36 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and Headquarters Air Force. The board selected the 12 Airmen based on superior leadership, job performance and personal achievements.
  • Back left, Air Force Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Cyber Systems Mark Reith, second from right, Matthew Dever, Air Force Cyberspace Technical Center of Excellence, assistant to the director, and Reith’s graduate students, created a cloud based educational hub as a research project to improve user motivation and engagement with training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Wes Farnsworth)

    AFIT research project evolves into innovative training

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – To have an agile Air Force, Airmen readiness is paramount and a new revolutionary education hub that can deliver the most current, relevant and interactive training just might be the way of the future for the warfighter.   “Created as a research project at the Air Force Institute of Technology, the genesis of
  • Goldfein stresses promise of multi-domain operations, calls it ‘the single most critical’ tool for winning future high-end fights

    Goldfein stresses promise of multi-domain operations, calls it ‘the single most critical’ tool for winning future high-end fights

    The complex effort, known as multi-domain operations or MDO, “will change the character of modern warfare” Goldfein said in a closely scrutinized keynote address at the Air and Space Power Conference 2019.
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