March 15, 2022 Orange Flag 22-1 combines with Black Flag, coalition partners to meet joint test objectives Orange Flag serves as the nation’s premier proving ground for kill-web integration, advanced capability development, and data-driven experimentation. Since 2017, the all-domain large force test event has been carried out three times annually by the Air Force Test Center’s 412th Test Wing at Edwards
March 15, 2022 Physics of Flying project brings 700+ to Wright-Patt booth at The Big Hoopla's STEM Challenge DAYTON, Ohio (AFRL) – Nearly 700 children and their families visited the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach booth at The Big Hoopla’s STEM Challenge March 13 at the Dayton Convention Center. The children, age’s kindergarten thru eighth grade, were given model airplane kits as well
March 15, 2022 Tyndall kicks off construction for $32.5 million project awarded to local small business A new $32.5 million flightline munitions storage area is on the way for Tyndall following a construction kick-off meeting recently.The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District awarded the contract Feb. 1 to EMR, Inc. of Niceville, Florida. The work includes eight buildings to directly support
March 15, 2022 Equipping Space Force operators through innovation U.S. Space Force organizations at Kirtland AFB led the 2nd Annual Delta Innovation Summit held in February.
March 15, 2022 Eglin test fighters fly together for first, last time Included were the F-15EX Eagle II, the F-15E Strike Eagle, the F-15C Eagle, the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the A-10 Thunderbolt II.
March 14, 2022 U.S. Air Force, BETA Technologies make history with first Airman flight of an electric aircraft through AFWERX Agility Prime Program WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – United States Air Force pilots Hank “Hog” Griffiths and Maj. Jonathan Appleby flew BETA Technologies’ electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ALIA, as the first-ever Airmen to fly an electric aircraft with a military airworthiness March
March 14, 2022 People are key to defending installations, missions from small UAS threats Tiny in size, low cost and increasingly abundant, small unmanned aircraft systems pose a big threat to military operations and installations worldwide.
March 14, 2022 New device leads to cost, time savings for von Kármán Facility maintenance Five Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members created a device to help reduce cost and time in maintaining equipment for the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility, or VKF, at Arnold Air Force Base.
March 14, 2022 F-16s to receive next-generation electronic warfare suite The Air Force took another step in the effort to modernize the electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-16 fleet. On March 10, in advance of a multi-million dollar contract modification award expected later this year, the Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate issued an Unpriced Change
March 13, 2022 CSAF: Taking care of installations takes care of mission, Airmen The 2022 Association of Defense Communities’ National Defense Summit brought together senior Defense Department leaders, community leaders, and Congressional members to advance issues that build strong communities and support the military, including infrastructure, climate, housing, cost of living,