June 30, 2010 AFMC, union leadership reaffirm partnership Leaders of the Air Force's largest civilian employer and the military's largest employee union reaffirmed a strong partnership at their annual meeting as they sat down to discuss workforce issues here June 22. Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, and John Gage, national
June 25, 2010 Fighter engine bio-fuel testing underway An F110 engine that powers the F-16 Fighting Falcon began performance testing June 18 here at Arnold Engineering Development Center using a 50/50 blend of JP-8 conventional aviation fuel and a bio-fuel derived from the oil contained in the seed of the camelina plant, commonly known as false or wild
June 10, 2010 Tactical Satellite-3 completes groundbreaking experimental mission Tactical Satellite-3 will transition from an experimental demonstration to an operational asset when spacecraft control authority officially transfers on June 12 from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here to Air Force Space Command at Peterson AFB, Colo. Launched in May
June 4, 2010 Tinker maintained B-1 milestone A B-1 Lancer is about to achieve what was previously unimaginable when it reaches the 10,000-hour flying mark by early June. Initially envisioned with a 20-year service life in 1985, Tinker officials said they didn't expect the aircraft to reach such a milestone. Through the dedication and hard work
June 2, 2010 New tech-advanced classroom awaits F-35 students A foundation for how the first generation of F-35 pilots and maintainers trains for the next half century continues to evolve here as the 33rd Fighter Wing adds state of the art technology to the classroom arsenal. "The technology is fabulous. It brings us to a revolutionary new capability that's
June 1, 2010 IP-based airborne comm tested hard during JEFX '10 Officials at the Electronic Systems Center here are currently analyzing reams of data gleaned from the recently-completed Joint Expeditionary Forces Experiment 2010, known as JEFX.The massive experiment, the final phase of which ran from April 12 through 23, featured live-fly activities mostly at
May 26, 2010 X-51 Waverider makes historic hypersonic flight An X-51A Waverider flight test vehicle successfully made the longest ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight May 26 off the southern California Pacific coast.The more than 200 second burn by the X-51's Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne-built air breathing scramjet engine accelerated the
May 20, 2010 Freedom's Call Tattoo 2010 offers attendees multiple Air Force technologies all under one tent Unmanned aerial systems and human patient simulators are but a few of the technologies to be featured in the interactive setting of this year's Technology Exposition Tent at the Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo 2010 on June 25. "This year's Tattoo Exposition Tent is a must-see for