Sept. 29, 2022 Casting new methods of production saves Air Force time, money The 448th Supply Chain Management Wing, part of the Air Force Sustainment Center, has a new additive manufacturing approach to solve an old problem, sourcing hard to acquire parts for legacy aircraft. By digitally recreating the mold used to create cast parts, instead of building the part from
Sept. 28, 2022 Tyndall Rebuild Update: Summer 2022 delivers more MILCON awards, construction rehearsal Tyndall Air Force Base recently added more military construction (MILCON) project awards to the rebuild roster and got a sneak peek at what simultaneous construction activities will look like at the base.
Sept. 28, 2022 AFTC kicks off new digital engineering efforts Hot off the publication of its Digital Modernization Strategy, The Air Force Test Center kicked-off three digital-engineering efforts to provide on-ramps for the Air Force’s evolving digital-engineering technology ecosystem.
Sept. 28, 2022 Museum to host World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous Visitors are invited to take a step back in time to the earliest years of aerial combat at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous, Oct. 7 and 8. Sights, sounds and activities for the whole family will take place throughout the museum complex as we look back to
Sept. 28, 2022 Policy enables Airmen to retain Next to Skin, Defender Gear for Life during PCS In 2017, the Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate’s ILS-S Program Office fielded a new capability providing worldwide Mobility asset managers a Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) compliant capability for the full accounting of shipped, received, disposed, stocked, and issued
Sept. 27, 2022 AFRL commander moderates future of propulsion panel at AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, moderated a future of propulsion panel comprised of Air Force experts Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National
Sept. 26, 2022 AFSC Airman named Outstanding Airman of the Year This year’s list of 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year includes a member of the Air Force Sustainment Center. Tech. Sgt. Jennifer G. Thomas, 635th Supply Chain Operations Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis AFB, Virginia, received the Technical Sergeant Outstanding Airman of the Year Award. She was
Sept. 26, 2022 DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site’s Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS, the Department of Defense’s largest telescope, measuring 3.6 meters or 11.9 feet, has received a face-lift.
Sept. 26, 2022 AFRL, New York Air National Guard enter operational research partnership The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, in Rome, has announced a partnership memorandum of understanding with the 152nd Air Operations Group, or AOG, of the New York Air National Guard to expand development, experimentation and integration of artificial intelligence/machine
Sept. 26, 2022 ‘Accelerate Change or Lose’: Applying Brown’s action order to modernize aircraft GPS The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is working on the next generation aircraft navigation system.