March 6, 2020 Air Force Assistance Fund 2020 campaign, helping Airmen and families The 2020 Air Force Assistance Campaign runs March 2 through April 10.
March 5, 2020 Early contributions of women at Hill AFB Women have contributed immeasurably to operations at Hill Air Force Base in many capacities since its origin as a military installation. During the Second World War and Korean War these included roles typically held by men, ranging from munitions handling to aircraft maintenance. It also included
March 5, 2020 Collaboration for tomorrow’s Air Force Hanscom is home to the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Infrastructure Division, the team responsible for designing, testing and deploying the entire Air Force Network. Their mission partner, the 66th Air Base Group Communications and Information Division (SC), owns and
March 5, 2020 AFRL Sensors Directorate tech transfer program manager earns rookie of the year award WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate Tech Transfer and Alliance Program Manager has earned the 2020 Rookie of the Year Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC).Jack Owsley III was selected from among 300
March 3, 2020 Barrett, Goldfein outline Air Force priorities to Senate committee and the “tradeoffs” needed to achieve them The hearing focused on the department’s recently released $169 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2021.
March 3, 2020 Defender Challenge 2020 to test readiness, lethality The U.S. Air Force Defender Challenge will pit Security Forces teams against each other in San Antonio, Texas, May 11-15, 2020. Defenders will prove their abilities in dismounted skills, endurance, agility, individual weapons, and military working dog (MWD) teams through a series of gut-testing
March 2, 2020 DOD Makes Plans to Combat Coronavirus Defense Department civilian and military leaders are working to ensure the department is ready for short- and long-term scenarios, as well as domestic and international situations.
March 2, 2020 Gen. Charles Q. Brown nominated to be next Air Force Chief of Staff If confirmed by the Senate, Gen. Charles Q. Brown would assume one of the two highest positions in the Air Force from Gen. David L. Goldfein, who is retiring June 30 after four years as Chief of Staff. Brown would be the first African-American to serve as a service chief.
March 2, 2020 F-35 store separation test completed ahead of schedule, under budget Store separation testing on a 1/15th scale model of an F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 4-foot transonic wind tunnel, or 4T, at Arnold Air Force Base was completed weeks ahead of a scheduled facility maintenance outage, saving the test customer
Feb. 28, 2020 Intelligence analyst awarded Bronze Star for service in Iraq WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An Air Force intelligence analyst was awarded the Bronze Star for his work during a deployment to Iraq.Master Sgt. Timothy L. Heggedahl was presented with the award during a ceremony at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, on