Aug. 2, 2018 Hill Airmen, aircraft progress together as F-35A program matures HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, -- Two years after the Air Force declared IOC for the F-35A, pilots and maintainers at Hill’s active duty 388th and reserve 419th Fighter Wings are steadily erasing the word “initial” from in front of “operational capability.”Since the IOC announcement on Aug. 2, 2016,
Aug. 1, 2018 AFIMSC leads culture change in world of budget execution When the Air Force exceeded 83 percent execution by July 31 this year in the installation and mission support (I&MS) portfolio, the achievement wasn’t about reaching some arbitrary milestone. Instead, it displayed a change in culture.
Aug. 1, 2018 Fiscal Fury: Air Force I&MS portfolio exceeds 83 percent execution by July 31 deadline Strong communication and a program to incentivize budget execution performance helped the Air Force exceed a goal to execute more than 83 percent of its $6.6 billion installation and mission support portfolio by the July 31 deadline.
July 31, 2018 Two AFMC officers selected for DoD fellows program Air Force officials have selected eight active-duty officers, including two from the Air Force Materiel Command, for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Service Chiefs’ Fellows Program. Lt. Col Nathan Taylor and Maj. Michael Fritts will represent AFMC and further their knowledge and
July 26, 2018 Air Force announces retirement of Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski Air Force officials announced today Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, will retire in September.
July 26, 2018 Security Forces teams prepare for return of Defender Challenge Security Forces teams from U.S. Air Force major commands, Great Britain and Germany are training to compete at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis Sept. 10-14 when Defender Challenge returns after a 14-year hiatus.
July 26, 2018 Robins begins JSTARS depot maintenance The Air Force initiated its own depot maintenance here for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft July 17, 2018, to deliver more aircraft faster, leading to increased readiness for warfighters.Officials with the JSTARS program office at Robins AFB want to increase the number
July 20, 2018 Sunny future for cloud-hosted AF apps Moving the portal onto the cloud is part of an ongoing effort to bring potentially hundreds of separate Air Force applications onto cloud-hosted platforms. The portal’s nearly three quarters of a million average users per month won’t see a break in service, but may notice increased reliability as
July 20, 2018 VCSAF calls for national effort to effect strategy DAYTON, Ohio – Displaying a nostalgic photo of astronauts training at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in the 1960s, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. Wilson noted that this week marked the 49th anniversary of the lunar landing on July 20, 1969. Wilson told the 600 attendees of
July 17, 2018 Hill Airmen conduct joint cargo exercise The ability to rapidly deploy with America’s newest stealth fighter was tested here recently during a joint cargo exercise. The exercise tested the readiness of the Airmen in the 388th Maintenance Group and Hill’s cargo specialists in the 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron.