Dec. 8, 2020 I-WEPTAC chairs to tackle combat support challenges AFIMSC officials announce the names of the four I-WEPTAC chairs whose teams will help shape the future of Air Force combat support.
Dec. 8, 2020 EW team, AFMC teammates find way to restore pod WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – When a front-line fighter squadron needed assistance, several Air Force Materiel Command teams banded together to resurrect a long-dormant pod vital to protecting pilots flying in harm’s way. The pod in question – an ALQ-184 – is an electronic countermeasure
Dec. 8, 2020 Renowned test pilot Chuck Yeager dies Famed test pilot, retired Brig. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager died Dec. 7. He was 97.
Dec. 8, 2020 AFMC unit tests wearables to detect COVID-19 Airmen from the 649th Munitions Squadron at Hill Air Force Base are sporting a new smart watch and soon will add a smart ring that will alert them when they may be coming down with illnesses such as COVID-19 or other viral infections.
Dec. 8, 2020 AEDC’s Space and Missile Test Branch operates a diverse set of test and evaluation capabilities The Space and Missile Test Branch within the Arnold Engineering Development Complex’s Test Division conducts developmental test and evaluation of space and missile systems.“Our mission is to deliver timely, disciplined, defensible and relevant developmental test and evaluation, or T&E, of space and
Dec. 8, 2020 78th Security Forces Squadron receives new K-9 SUV’s ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- A new 78th Air Base Wing Security Forces Squadron K-9 modified SUV stands ready for duty at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Dec. 3, 2020. The new modified K-9 SUV has four-wheel drive, more space for the K-9 team to operate and an enhanced cooling system to prevent the
Dec. 7, 2020 AFLCMC awards contract for Skyborg prototypes WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded to three companies to produce missionized prototypes with the ability to fly in experimentation events while teaming with manned aircraft. The contracts were awarded with a 24-month period of performance
Dec. 7, 2020 Signed lease signals Kirtland research park underway JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force and Thunderbird Kirtland Development, LLC, recently reached agreement and signed a long-term lease to begin developing a planned commercial research park at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.The agreement, part of the Air Force’s Enhanced Use
Dec. 7, 2020 Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.
Dec. 7, 2020 Groundbreaking details set for Agility Prime project at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport Event to be part of AFWERX Accelerate – launching a universe of opportunity to accelerate change SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Officials from the Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton Development Coalition, JobsOhio, City of Springfield, BETA Technologies, and Joby Aviation will participate at a