April 4, 2023 History & Heritage Race showcases MB-2 Bomber during third race of 2023 The MB-2 (NBS-1) Bomber will be the third retired aircraft to headline the 2023 History & Heritage Race Series, powered by the Air Force Marathon, beginning May 1.The event marks the third of six virtual races during the series’s third season. Each event features its own historical aircraft vital to
April 3, 2023 Aerospace medicine branch enhances Airmen psychological performance The office of Aeromedical Operational and Clinical Psychology, or AOCP, offers aerospace and operational clinical consultation for units throughout the Air Force and has done so for over a decade. AOCP is a branch of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, part of the Air Force
April 3, 2023 AFRL conducts first flight experiments for communications in terahertz band Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers successfully conducted flight experiments Dec. 2- 6, 2022, in Rome, New York to prove the viability of communications at radio frequencies above 300 gigahertz, or GHz, known in research communities as terahertz, or THz, band. Over three days of
April 1, 2023 DAF announces 2022 athletes of the year JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Department of the Air Force recently announced a body building and fitness competitor and a three-sport adaptive athlete as the 2022 Female and Male Athletes of the Year – Tech. Sgt. Evon Pennington and Master Sgt. Kenneth Guinn,
March 31, 2023 Department of the Air Force transition to DoD HFACS 8.0 early April On April 1, the DoD Human Factors Analysis and Classification System will see an upgrade from version 7.0 to 8.0. Human factors describe how our interaction with tools, tasks, working environments, and other people influence human performance. Human error remains the leading cause of DoD mishaps.
March 31, 2023 DoD announces new bereavement leave benefit for service members The Defense Department announced new non-chargeable, paid bereavement leave benefit for service members.
March 28, 2023 Enterprise LMR contract delivers reliability, security to leaders and first responders The Enterprise Land Mobile Radio Lifecycle Management & Sustainment Services contract, awarded by the 771st Enterprise Sourcing Squadron in partnership with AFIMSC’s LMR Product Management Office, is part of the DAF’s focus on category management to drive consistency of service and equipment as well
March 28, 2023 Innovation conference supports defense of 'invisible' battlespace The Electronic Warfare and Avionics Program Office in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, hosted an innovation conference March 21-23 at the Museum of Aviation.
March 28, 2023 Hill Security Forces leverage technology for smoother base entrance Drivers heading onto Hill AFB through one of the three main gates have a new way to determine what travel times look like via a recently added feature on Hill’s Air Force Connect App.Members from the 75th Security Forces Squadron saw a need and came up with the Gate Travel Times feature as a way to