Sept. 30, 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey helps civilians voice their opinions The FEVS is a government-wide, Office of Personnel Management administered annual survey that Air Force civilian employees have been participating in since 2006. The approximately 100-question survey takes 20-to-30 minutes to complete and is anonymous. The survey includes questions about employees’
Sept. 29, 2020 Air Force lab surpasses 130K COVID-19 tests in 6 months WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Since early March, approximately 130,000 COVID-19 samples have been tested and processed at the Air Force’s sole epidemiology reference laboratory housed in the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here. This number equates to about 17% of all samples
Sept. 29, 2020 Department of the Air Force makes additional updates to dress and appearance regulations Following the Department of the Air Force’s initial review, a diverse panel of Total Force Airmen completed a second review of Air Force grooming and appearance guidance in order to enhance inclusiveness while maintaining Department of the Air Force professional standards.
Sept. 28, 2020 ROBOpilot Unmanned Air Platform returns to flight WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated resumed flight testing of the ROBOpilot unmanned air platform and completed a successful fourth flight test September 24 at Dugway Proving Ground,
Sept. 24, 2020 B-1B Integrated Battle Station modification completed An eight-year project to install the Integrated Battle Station on the B-1B Lancer fleet has been completed ahead of schedule. Sixty aircraft went through the modification process that began in late 2012 and was completed in September 2020.
Sept. 23, 2020 Operationalizing History: Lessons from the past guide the Air Force future The AFMC History and Heritage Program is comprised of historians, archivists and curators. These individuals gather critical documents to preserve in the command’s archive and write the command’s annual history, along with classified and unclassified special studies, books, and briefings.
Sept. 23, 2020 Roper joins first Digital Campaign virtual industry day The Air Force Digital Campaign kicked off the first Virtual Industry Exchange September 21, hosting industry and academia to share the Digital Campaign strategy, invite input from the commercial and private sector, and to prepare participants for how the Department of the Air Force will conduct
Sept. 22, 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey helps civilians voice their opinions The FEVS is a government-wide, Office of Personnel Management administered annual survey that Air Force civilian employees have been participating in since 2006. The approximately 100-question survey takes 20-to-30 minutes to complete and is anonymous. The survey includes questions about employees’
Sept. 21, 2020 CFC fund drive starts Oct. 7 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Excitement is building for the 2020-21 Ohio Combined Federal Campaign, Dayton District’s campaign for all federal employees and federal retirees within a nine-county area, including Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. This year’s theme is “Show Some Love: Be the
Sept. 16, 2020 Jolly Green II begins live-fire testing Three primary weapons: GAU-2, GAU-18 and GAU-21.