July 23, 2024 Air Force’s first female active-duty fire chief: A trailblazer A few months ago, Hill Air Force Base’s Fire and Emergency Services marked a historic milestone within the Air Force when Chief Master Sergeant Vanessa Espinoza ascended to the role of the first female active-duty fire chief. Her journey to chief is a testament to her unwavering determination,
July 23, 2024 574th CMXS making old new again The 574th Commodities Maintenance Squadron Structural Repair Flight ensures C-130 and F-15 aircraft fuel bladders are always available and ready to be put back into the hands of the warfighter.
July 23, 2024 AFIT PhD Student Wins Women of Color in STEM Student Leadership Award A doctoral student at the Air Force Institute of Technology and an associate computer engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, has been selected to receive the Women of Color in STEM Conference’s Student Leadership Award - Graduate Level.
July 22, 2024 Purdue University, AFRL Regional Network – Midwest collaborate on solid rocket fuel project Researchers at Purdue University, with support from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, have filed a patent disclosure to develop solid fuels for rotating detonation engines.
July 22, 2024 Air Force Materiel Command to highlight Air Force research, test, and development efforts Attendees at AirVenture 2024 will get an up-close look how the Air Force researches, tests and develops major Air Force weapons systems.
July 22, 2024 Test Wing’s first assigned C-130 arrives The 417th FLTS fly, maintain and test C-130 variants from multiple major command and nation partners for missions such as special operations, combat search and rescue, tactical mobility and close air support. Until now, the unit didn’t have any aircraft directly assigned to it.
July 19, 2024 AFGSC’s local business partnerships boost DAF technological capabilities, modernization efforts Another win for DAF & American small businesses! To date the partnership between AFGSC and local small businesses have secured contracts totaling $240 million of outside AFGSC funding for 70 modernization technologies from U.S. small businesses, with an additional $74.3 million in pending contracts.
July 18, 2024 A Look Back… Muroc Bombing and Gunnery Range (East Camp) A historical look back at the Muroc Bombing and Gunnery range.
July 18, 2024 Eglin STEM pipeline is striking it rich The U.S. Air Force’s largest Major Range Test Facility Base (MRTFB) Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medical (STEM+M) recruitment pipeline is tapped and flowing to recruit, retain, and develop future scientists, engineers, and skilled technical workers.
July 18, 2024 Have STRAINger Things”: trilateral partnership results in new Test Instrumentation capabilities The United States Air Force Test Pilot School’s research division, in partnership with the 586th Flight Test Squadron at Holloman AFB and NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, recently conducted a flight test campaign verifying the use of the new AgilePod.