April 22, 2022 DEAMS script averts legacy file failure When Microsoft announced earlier this year that legacy Microsoft Office files would block from operating on Air Force computers, many users took it in stride. However, members of the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System recognized the change could have a significant and potentially
April 21, 2022 Cadet Chapel restoration project expands: Efforts to preserve national historic landmark extend completion date to 2027 Work to return the Cadet Chapel goes on today with expectations to reopen the most popular manmade building in Colorado to the public in 2027.
April 21, 2022 New aircraft to support battlefield communications fleet Hanscom personnel recently completed the purchase of a new aircraft in support of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, program.
April 21, 2022 Earth Day focus — Beaming solar power from satellite array In honor of Earth Day, the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is highlighting its efforts toward harnessing the Sun’s energy, converting it to radio frequency, or RF, and beaming it to the Earth providing a green power source for the U.S. and allied forces.
April 21, 2022 AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and ABL Space Systems are collaborating to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites.
April 21, 2022 AFRL is developing green power for satellites The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate is developing a new “green energy” fuel cell technology, that will allow thruster equipped spacecraft to convert chemical energy in its bipropellant into electrical power.
April 21, 2022 Air Force tests oxygen system for T-7 Red Hawk The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Mobility and Training Aircraft Directorate is currently testing the On-Board Oxygen Generation System (OBOGS) that will go on the T-7 Red Hawk trainer.
April 20, 2022 Benefield Anechoic Facility tests C-130 electronic countermeasures An AC-130J Ghostrider assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing from Hurlburt Field, Fla., recently underwent electronic weapons countermeasures testing at the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
April 20, 2022 Air Force Networks Align With Industry Practices Over the next couple of months, the Air Force will begin transitioning to a new Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network operating system management tool known as Microsoft Windows Update for Business. Once deployed, WUfB will enable computers to receive security updates directly from trusted
April 20, 2022 Open Aircraft Day features missile-armed interceptor jets Air Force Museum Visitors have a chance to look inside two of the service’s premier interceptor jets from the 1950s on Saturday, Apr. 23 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Cold War Gallery. Cockpits of the North American F-86D Sabre and Lockheed F-94C Starfire will be open with subject matter