Aug. 9, 2019 ‘Life in Motion’ images capture creativity, photo contest wins JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Air Force recently announced its 2019 Air Force Photo Contest winners.The winners – first, second and third place in five categories – were among more than 1,600 entries submitted for the annual contest.This year’s competition, with a theme of “Life in
Aug. 8, 2019 AFRL aerodynamics expert honored with Presidential Early Career award WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A senior research aerospace engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate was named a recipient of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at a July 25 ceremony in Washington, D.C.Dr. Daniel Garmann is an
Aug. 7, 2019 Service Management Division to host 72nd Air Force Anniversary event at Wright-Patt WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Connecting Airmen with their heritage is one of the goals of the 72nd Air Force anniversary celebration being hosted by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate.The celebration will be held Sept. 18 at the
Aug. 7, 2019 Record-setting first sortie for wing's newest F-35A Aircraft tail number 5261 left Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas, production facility a little after 8 a.m. Aug. 1, landed at Hill Air Force Base at 10 a.m., and by 3 p.m. had taken off on its first combat training mission.
Aug. 6, 2019 Air Force Marathon volunteers are vital to marathon’s success WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Marathon is seeking 2,600 volunteers to help with the race in September, and longtime volunteers, husband and wife duo Walter and Deniece Chin, can attest to how rewarding it is to play a role in this annual event. Looking for something that
Aug. 5, 2019 AFLCMC brings Air Battle Damage Repair Engineering to Wright-Patt WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Battle Damage Repair Engineering (ABDRE) is a crucial Air Force readiness function. It allows deployed engineers to make quick repairs to support assets in field units.“If a major war were to break out and the Air Force was experiencing a lot of aircraft
Aug. 5, 2019 Air Force Research Laboratory, Griffiss Institute, and Red Balloon Security to launch sophisticated cyber challenge at DEFCON 27 AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY, INFORMATION DIRECTORATE, Rome, N.Y. – The Air Force Research Laboratory is partnering with the Griffiss Institute and Red Balloon Security to put on a sophisticated cyber challenge at one of the world’s largest hacker conventions, DEFCON 27, in Las Vegas, Nevada, from
Aug. 5, 2019 NAS leadership spreading safety culture message Contained within much of the work that goes on at Arnold Air Force Base and across the Air Force Materiel Command are inherent risks.“If you think about it, we test rocket motors, jet engines, aircraft, satellite systems, and to do that we have to generate temperatures higher than the surface of the
Aug. 5, 2019 New AEDC Flight Systems director aims to support, grow his team The Arnold Engineering and Development Complex Combined Test Force at Arnold Air Force Base has a new face at the helm.Lt. Col. John McShane took on the director role June 28, and while new to the job and the area, he is full-speed ahead in conducting business as usual.“My goals are, first off, to
Aug. 5, 2019 Academy cadets’ invention to support battlefield Airmen awarded patents A team of Air Force Academy cadets took on this exact challenge while completing their mechanical and systems engineering degrees in 2016 and now their technology has been awarded three patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.