June 5, 2020 Team effort leads to operational test of NPC, NPC Lite JOINT BASE CHARLESTON (JBC), S.C. – One month since the successful flight demonstration of the Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) proof-of-concept, a team of experts from across the country continue to work tirelessly to finalize the design and ensure the safety and effectiveness of both the NPC
June 5, 2020 Commentary: Transforming the Civilian Defender Program U.S. Air Force leadership declared 2020 as the Year of Integrated Base Defense (IBD), focusing on how every Air and Space Professional fits into a layered defensive network. IBD is greater in scope than any single career field. It requires active participation between all Air Force Specialty Codes
June 5, 2020 C-21 fleet receives key avionics, communication upgrades TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., (AFLCMC) – The Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate is leading an effort to modernize the U.S. Air Force’s C-21 fleet.Used primarily for the transportation of senior Air Force and Department of Defense leaders, the C-21 plays a key role in supporting cargo
June 3, 2020 DOD Announces New Locations for Additional 5G Testing, Experimentation The Defense Department is adding seven installations to the five that already are experimenting with 5G technology as a way of enhancing warfighter capability. Tinker Air Force Base is among the seven installations being added.
June 3, 2020 Secretary of the Air Force visits AFRL units at Kirtland AFB KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - As the nation prepared for the long Memorial Day weekend, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett visited Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. on May 20-21. She met with Kirtland senior leaders and learned how they continue to keep the nation secure as they also meet the
June 3, 2020 AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate engineer earns 40 Under 40 achievement WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A research aerospace engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate, recently earned the 40 Under 40 award from the International Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).Dr. Kerianne Hobbs, was
June 2, 2020 Total Force test team takes AF award Shared by 417th Flight Test Squadron & 153rd Airlift Wing
June 1, 2020 AEDC restructuring to provide clarity for future Arnold Engineering Development Complex, headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee and with geographically separated units spread throughout the United States, is reorganizing how the Complex is structured with a goal of more effectively meeting the mission – “To prove the superiority of
June 1, 2020 AFRL centrifuge part of NASA’s history-making launch WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – When NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken ascended into space on the afternoon of May 30, they were two of 10 astronauts to undergo centrifuge testing in early November 2018 in the Air Force Research Laboratory.“It’s exciting that our centrifuge was one
June 1, 2020 Jolly Green II, Apache fly together in joint test The joint service test-effort marks another milestone in the development of the Jolly Green II.