June 9, 2022 New AFRL virtual range to bring directed energy capabilities to warfighters The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate has awarded a contract, the largest award of its kind, to BlueHalo to build a directed energy modeling and simulation virtual range.
June 8, 2022 PCS season and gifts to Air Force employees As permanent change of station season approaches, thoughts turn to showing appreciation and gratitude to departing members by giving farewell gifts.
June 8, 2022 Air Force consolidates legacy IT systems The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate recently led a successful delivery of one of eight Minimum Viable Products to start the consolidation effort of two legacy IT systems used by members of the Air Force sustainment community.
June 7, 2022 No Line Between Us: Military, Civilians work shoulder-to-shoulder for the mission About 75% of Edwards Air Force Base's direct workforce is civilian with roughly 25% being military: a statistic you probably haven't known. But, if you pass any gate on base you may notice the barrier between military and civilian is not as big as you may think.
June 6, 2022 Air Force announces winners of this year’s DAF art contest The Air Force Services Center recently announced the winners of this year’s Air Force Art Contest. More than 2,240 pieces of art submitted from over 1,600 participants of all ages who used a variety of media. Air Force Materiel Command installations had multiple winners in the youth categories.
June 6, 2022 Online Nutrition Kitchen designed to aid military members’ readiness Hill AFB’s kitchen, inside the Warrior Fitness Center here, was the setting for Nutrition Kitchen, a series of online nutritional cooking classes for military members and families. Air Education and Training Command and the Office of the Surgeon General partnered with the 2nd Audiovisual Squadron
June 5, 2022 ETIMS- A Force Multiplier for the DoD Explanation of Technical Orders and Enhanced Technical Information Management System (ETIMS).
June 3, 2022 AFTC holds first digital engineering test and evaluation summit The summit served to share a vision for the future of digital transformation in test and evaluation, discuss challenges, highlight current efforts to expand digital engineering, and bring attendees together to create a collaborative digital modernization strategy to meet the future needs for digital
June 2, 2022 Holloman High Speed Test Track sets record with fastest recovery mission in 30-plus years with reusable sled In late March, the 846th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., successfully stopped a reusable sled traveling at 6,400 feet per second on a monorail, making it a historic event for the team’s Hypersonic Sled Recovery, or HSR, effort.Lt. Col. Paul Dolce, Commander, 846th Test Squadron,
June 1, 2022 DAF Gaming delivers Gaming Expo, Esports Championship at FORCECON 2022 Air Force Services Center and the Department of the Air Force Gaming achieved two major firsts Memorial Day weekend in San Antonio – the first Department of Defense Armed Forces Esports Championship and the inaugural Air Force Gaming Minor League Championships. The gaming league was center stage at