June 16, 2020 AFSAC awards $524 million construction contract WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Construction Division recently awarded a $524 million contract to a joint venture between Bahadir Construction Engineering Contracting and Trading Company & Impresa
June 15, 2020 Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office to launch sustainment innovation hub WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) is changing how the Air Force delivers new and emerging technology to the Sustainment Enterprise. The RSO’s latest initiative is the creation of the Identify-Apply-Scale (IAS), a first-of-its-kind capability devoted
June 15, 2020 AFMC hosts virtual hybrid PCIP Symposium The Air Force Materiel Command hosted the first ever virtual-hybrid Premier College Internship Program (PCIP) Symposium June 15, as the Air Force initiative moves into the fourth year.Approximately 325 first and second year college students virtually “descended” on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to
June 15, 2020 Push-In ceremony brings new trucks to firefight The 78th Civil Engineering Group firefighters debuted two new trucks to their fleet at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, June 5.
June 15, 2020 Roessig taking AEDC experience to Air Force Test Center An Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Operations Division leader will take his experience and skills to a new position at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where he will serve as Vice Commander of the Air Force Test Center, or AFTC.Col. Keith Roessig’s time stationed at Arnold Air Force
June 15, 2020 Schmidt cites C3I&N covid-era achievements, productivity Maj. Gen. Michael Schmidt, program executive officer for Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks, headquartered here, provided an update on his portfolio during a virtual meeting with members of the Hanscom Representatives Association June 10.
June 14, 2020 Do’s and don’ts for displaying Old Glory In 1923, the U.S. National Flag Code was created and distributed nationwide. The code became Public Law in 1942 and became the U.S. Flag Code we know today. The U.S. Flag Code lays out the ways to display and respect the flag of the United States.For example: The flag should not be on display
June 14, 2020 Rules of Reveille and Retreat Anyone who has spent time on a military installation knows that if its morning or late afternoon and trumpets blast through the speakers, traffic stops and salutes are smartly snapped in the direction of the flag.But, not everyone seems to know what to do when the music plays. Hopefully the Q&A
June 13, 2020 Lab testing medical equipment in new isolation container prototypes JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFLCMC) – The lab responsible for ensuring that medical equipment is safe to operate and fly on Air Force aircraft is currently in the process of testing, collecting, and analyzing data on how medical devices perform inside the Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) and NPC
June 12, 2020 88th Air Base Wing welcomes new installation commander WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Col. Patrick G. Miller accepted command of the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, during a ceremony held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, June 12.Miller succeeded Col. Thomas Sherman, who will serve as the principal military