April 1, 2019 New direction for female-specific flight equipment The Air Force is working to redesign the gear used by female pilots across the force after facing challenges with current flight equipment.
March 31, 2019 MWC chamber gets State of the AFSC update Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, spoke to the Midwest City Chamber of Commerce on March 15 with his State of the Air Force Sustainment Center address. During this speech, he updated chamber members on the current state of Tinker Air Force Base as well as future plans
March 29, 2019 Updated salary tables posted The President has signed an Executive Order to implement a retroactive 1.9 percent pay raise for federal civilians. This increase will be retroactive back to the first pay period of the year, Jan. 6, 2019.
March 28, 2019 PEO Digital clones old hardware on new HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – A PEO Digital team at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is investing 15 months and $2.4 million to save time and energy by paring down and updating computer parts responsible for tracking space-borne objects.Prior to their effort, Space Defense Operations Center
March 28, 2019 Acting SECDEF: National Defense Strategy is ‘undisputed driver’ in budget request The National Defense Strategy is the undisputed driver of the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Defense Department, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan said on Capitol Hill, March 26.
March 28, 2019 IMLCI Together Everyone Achieves More WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate is working on a new program that will improve information sharing and management in the Air Force logistics community.Known as the Item Master Logistics Capabilities
March 28, 2019 Motorcycle Safety Training: What AF riders need to know Training season for motorcyclists is just around the corner, and as training gets into full swing, it may be helpful to shed some light on the Air Force’s training requirements, as well as what the proper acronyms are for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses. I’d also like to dispel some
March 28, 2019 Motorcycle Safety Training: What AF riders need to know Training season for motorcyclists is just around the corner, and as training gets into full swing, it may be helpful to shed some light on the Air Force’s training requirements, as well as what the proper acronyms are for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses. I’d also like to dispel some
March 28, 2019 A choreographed dance: New press to cut downtime, ensure efficiency Sometimes you’ve got to get up early in the morning to see what Team Robins goes through to put new equipment in place.That was the case March 22, 2019 when a new fluid cell press – used to shape sheet metal into the angles and curves of the skin of aircraft – was delivered to the base at 3 a.m.
March 27, 2019 Joint test effort augments Navy, USMC F-35 night refueling The F-35 program recently completed testing on an improved lighting assembly with the KC-135 that will enable the Navy and Marine Corps F-35 variants to refuel behind the tanker at night. Flight testing of the redesigned light, which attaches to a refueling probe, was led by Patuxent River Naval Air