July 24, 2023 Building the ‘Sandcastle’: 76 CMXG starts sand casting aluminum parts The 76th Commodities Maintenance Group and Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling (REACT) Lab at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, have added the capability to sand cast aluminum parts in-house. The new technique adds one more tool to address the difficulty in sourcing parts for legacy aircraft.
July 24, 2023 Air Mobility Command's Largest Global Exercise Proves Success in Indo-Pacific Theater Air Mobility Command concluded Mobility Guardian 23, the largest iteration of the Air Force’s premier multinational mobility exercise to date this week. Air Force Materiel Command played a key role in the logistics build-up to the exercise, including accelerating aircraft through depot maintenance,
July 24, 2023 AEDC commander, UTSI executive director discuss aerospace workforce challenges, opportunities The need to attract more employees to careers related to the development and support of hypersonics and ensure those who pursue such jobs are ready to contribute on day one is not lost on officials in academia and the U.S. Air Force.Arnold Engineering Development Complex Commander Col. Randel Gordon
July 21, 2023 Thousands gather for return of 2023 Tinker Air Show Summer heat did not stop an estimated 301,000 people from attending the 2023 Tinker Air Show and STEM City Expo, held here July 1 and 2, 2023. The Tinker Air Show returned after COVID-19 precautions forced the cancellation of the 2021 air show. Families from across Oklahoma and beyond spent their
July 21, 2023 myLearning performance upgrades announced; system temporarily unavailable Aug 1-3 Beginning Aug. 1, 2023, myLearning will undergo a series of upgrades aimed at enhancing the user experience and better meeting the growing training and development needs of Airmen and Guardians. To accommodate these changes, myLearning will be temporarily unavailable to all users from Aug. 1-3.
July 20, 2023 USAFSAM continues Missile Community Cancer Study for 90 MW U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine teams visited all of F.E. Warren Air Force Base’s missile alert facilities as part of the ongoing missile community cancer study at all three intercontinental ballistic missile wings in Air Force Global Strike Command.
July 20, 2023 Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex contributes to major exercise Air Mobility Command’s Mobility Guardian 2023 is wrapping up with more than 3,000 Airmen across the service participating, including three distinct missions from within the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. The 76th Commodities Maintenance Group, 76th Expeditionary Depot Maintenance Flight team
July 20, 2023 Air Force aligns leadership titles with joint force Effective Aug. 1, the Air Force will change duty titles from vice commander to deputy commander to better align terminology with its sister services.
July 18, 2023 AFWERX accepts applications for fall fellowship AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, is accepting applications for its Traditional fall fellowship program July 17 to Aug. 18.
July 18, 2023 Workshop results in tangible solutions for contracting challenges Hanscom Air Force Base personnel took part in a National Security Innovation Network Bootcamp July 10-13, developing core innovation and design thinking skills to tackle real challenges.