May 4, 2017 Raptors take out aerial targets in milestone missile tests F-22 Raptors from the 411th Flight Test Squadron completed developmental tests of air-to-air missiles against an aerial target April 18 at the Utah Test and Training Range as part of a major capability upgrade. The Raptors launched inert AIM-9 and AIM-120 missiles against multiple BQM-167A sub-scale
May 2, 2017 $40 million upgrade for Thule radar unifies missile shield sites The Air Force awarded Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems a $40 million contract to modify the Upgraded Early Warning Radar station on Thule Air Base, Greenland, in December 2016. Processor and software modifications reduce the amount of equipment required to operate the radar, which reduces energy
May 2, 2017 Responders include new life-saving tactics to shooter protocols Fire and security forces incorporate new tactics into active shooter.
April 27, 2017 309th AMARG applauded for valuable AFSOC support U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Gregory Ferguson, the Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), along with an MC-130H Talon II aircraft and its crew, recently visited the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) to recognize
April 27, 2017 New hypoxia trainer saves time, money and lives Edwards pilots and aircrew members may be able to breathe easier knowing they don’t have to go to another base anymore for required hypoxia training. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held here April 20 to introduce a new Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device and Hypoxia Familiarization Trainer as part of
April 26, 2017 Holocaust survivor recalls flight from Nazis HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Fred Manasse fled Nazi Germany across five European countries and over the Pyrenees Mountains as a child and shared his experiences during Holocaust Remembrance Day here Monday. Manasse spoke about his Jewish family’s persecution and the murder of his father, sister
April 24, 2017 Mission Ready – Today and Tomorrow: PWT staff testing national assets for 60 years April 2017 marks 60 years that AEDC teammates have operated the AEDC Propulsion Wind Tunnel, a one-of-a-kind test facility where the nation’s defense systems have benefited from test capabilities critical to development.The first test run in 1957 in the 16-foot Transonic Tunnel, or 16T, was
April 20, 2017 Presidential aircraft touch down Presidential aircraft lands here during a maintenance cycle.
April 20, 2017 F-35C targeting system guides weapon to moving target The F-35 Integrated Test Force recently performed another first-of-its-kind test when the aircraft released a laser-guided bomb against a moving target. An F-35C being tested here released specially built GBU-12 Paveway II guided bomb over a controlled range at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
April 20, 2017 AFRL ENSPIRE program strikes resounding chord with students An Air Force Research Laboratory Rocket Propulsion Division program to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects with local high schools struck a resounding chord with one school, inspiring an effort to explore the science of producing synthesized electronic music.