Sept. 1, 2022 National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence breaks ground in Springfield The Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence, or NAAMCE, Aug. 23, 2022, in Springfield, Ohio.
Sept. 1, 2022 Secretary of the Air Force receives mission transformation, software innovation updates at Robins AFB Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Aug. 30 to receive new mission updates and see some of the innovative advances being made with educational and industry partners, including Houston County Board of Education and the Development Authority of Houston
Sept. 1, 2022 AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation realigns under newly designated Integrated Capabilities Directorate The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation, or CRI, has realigned under the Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Directorate, which also underwent a name change and is now called the Integrated Capabilities Directorate to better reflect the directorate’s mission
Aug. 31, 2022 Air Force executes first in-flight Next Generation Aircrew Protection test in F-15E Strike Eagle The Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron executed an in-flight vapor purge test in a F-15E Strike Eagle, Aug. 16-19, 2022.
Aug. 31, 2022 Global College of PME now taking new officer distance learning enrollments The distance learning programs for Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and Air War College have been closed for enrollments and graduations since July 7, 2022, in support of the Air University-wide transition to the new Learner Environment Design-Student Information System.
Aug. 30, 2022 Stock Control System Professionals collaborate, track assets On a daily basis, the Air Logistics Complex’s take on the monumental task of maintaining thousands of aircraft. The Stock Control System (SCS) is one of the primary Air Force logistics and financial systems enabling this massive task.
Aug. 30, 2022 AFRL experiments with heat flow to manipulate quantum materials The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Nano Electronic Materials Branch, part of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, used heat flow experiments to manipulate quantum materials into functioning in new and different ways at higher temperatures.
Aug. 30, 2022 School liaison managers guide academic transitions, overcome hurdles for military kids Military kids around the world are going back to school after summer break with many experiencing not only new teachers but new surroundings, new schools and new friends as well.
Aug. 30, 2022 Novavax COVID-19 vaccinations now available for service members The Defense Department is now offering Novavax as an option among the range of COVID-19 vaccines available at military medical treatment facilities.
Aug. 29, 2022 Student interns present future technologies at AFRL summer poster session Student interns from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate presented their research experiments to the public at the annual morning and afternoon poster sessions Aug. 4, 2022, in the cafetorium of building 653.