Oct. 20, 2022 Alphonso Thomas reflects on his 41-year Air Force Career As Alphonso Thomas, recently retired director of Air Force Sustainment Center Engineering and Technical Management Directorate, looks back over his 41-year career with the Air Force, one word comes to mind: thankful.
Oct. 19, 2022 A Thunderous Return: USAF Thunderbirds Commander returns to where it all started The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, performs precision aerial maneuvers demonstrating the capabilities of Air Force high performance aircraft to people throughout the world. Being a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Lt. Col. Justin Elliot, USAF
Oct. 19, 2022 AFCEC MILCON mission accelerates DAF readiness, lethality JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – From the beddown of the Air Force's next-generation aircraft to new flightlines, child development centers and whole base recovery, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) is modernizing Air Force infrastructure to strengthen national defense
Oct. 19, 2022 Registration opens for final History & Heritage race WRIGHT- PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 2022 History & Heritage Race Series opened registration for the last virtual race of the season Oct. 1, featuring the C-47 Skytrain.One of the most famous U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft, the C-47, nicknamed “Gooney Bird” for its resemblance to an albatross,
Oct. 19, 2022 Edwards Air Force Base celebrates 75 years of Supersonic Flight 75 years to the day after the Bell X-1 proved that the Sound Barrier was only an engineering challenge, the 412th Test Wing hosted a ceremony to honor the contributions of the team behind that remarkable aircraft.
Oct. 19, 2022 Genatempo discusses enterprise capabilities, JADC2 A Hanscom senior official discussed enterprise systems, Joint-All Domain Command and Control, and other topics during a meeting with Hanscom-area business leaders at the end of last month.
Oct. 18, 2022 AFRL’s Ascent satellite marks end of mission objectives The Air Force Research Laboratory's small satellite named Ascent has completed all of its mission objectives and is performing extended operations to characterize the survivability of the commercial-off-the-shelf, or COTS, bus electronics in the geosynchronous Earth orbit, or GEO, space environment.
Oct. 18, 2022 Air Force lawyer highlights career From a pre-med major at the U.S. Air Force Academy, to acquisition officer, to Air Force lawyer, Col. Polly Sandness, the Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), has had a career full of change and adventure.
Oct. 13, 2022 Take the load off: Exoskeleton to enhance safety, retention for aerial porters, others Aerial porters are responsible for the management and movement of passengers and cargo transported through airlift. And the cargo these aerial porter teams load and unload can range from large pallets of equipment, gear and food to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
Oct. 13, 2022 AFIMSC executes record $8.8 billion in FY22 The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center closed out a challenging year in the last hours of FY22, executing more than $8.8 billion.It’s the most funding AFIMSC has obligated in a year since the center declared full operational capability six years ago this month.