April 10, 2024 New DAF Mental Health Overview clarifies mental health resources for Airmen, Guardians Department of the Air Force mental health leaders published a new "Mental Health Overview" that outlines comprehensive resources for Airmen and Guardians seeking mental health support.
April 5, 2024 Fluorine-free foam flows to Air Force bases as DoD removes PFAS from firefighting activities Department of the Air Force installation fire departments are replacing current stocks of aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF, in fire and emergency services vehicles with a fluorine-free formulation as part of a Defense Department-wide effort to remove PFAS from firefighting activities.
April 5, 2024 MQ-9A Accident Report Released An Air Force Materiel Command Accident Investigation Board has identified the cause of an MQ-9A mishap which fatally injured a civilian contract employee during a ground developmental test event at Gray Butte Airfield, California, on Sept. 7, 2023.
April 5, 2024 AFRL receives $4M grant to build Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Center The Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was recently awarded a $4 million Office of Secretary of Defense Centralized Laboratory Investment Program award to build the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Center Capability Project.
April 4, 2024 B-1B Lancer “Lancelot” Set to Rejoin Fleet A decommissioned B-1B Lancer aircraft was pulled from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona to rejoin the Air Force's Strategic Bomber Fleet and recently arrived at Tinker AFB to begin the regeneration process.
April 4, 2024 AFRL’s Aloha Telescope celebrates 10-year anniversary empowering students through outreach The STEM outreach project involving AFRL, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Hawaii encourages grade school- to university-level students to learn more about astronomy and explore the different career paths that science, technology, engineering and math have to offer.
April 4, 2024 DAF set to launch full youth summer camp schedule Department of the Air Force Child and Youth Programs is set to launch myriad 2024 summer youth camps April 8 for kids across the enterprise to boost morale, skills, teamwork and resiliency.
April 3, 2024 AFWERX to discuss efforts to safely field Advanced Air Mobility systems at XPONENTIAL 2024 AFWERX will spotlight efforts to safely integrate Advanced Air Mobility into the national airspace system during the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL 2024 convention April 22-25, 2024, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
April 2, 2024 F-16s arrive to be modified for autonomous testing The 96th Test Wing and 53rd Wing welcomed the first three F-16 Fighting Falcons ready to take part in the Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model – Autonomy Flying Testbed program.
April 1, 2024 April is Alcohol Awareness Month April is Alcohol Awareness Month and a time to raise awareness and understanding of alcohol misuse.