May 31, 2022 American Sign exhibit opens The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has opened its newest special exhibit, “A Signmaker’s Journey,” on loan from the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati.Located in the museum’s Kettering Hall, “A Signmaker’s Journey” features five signs demonstrating the three historically significant eras of
May 31, 2022 Defense secretary: DOD must increase efforts to destigmatize mental health care The White House and the Defense Department have made taking care of military families a priority, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said May 28.
May 31, 2022 Call for 2022 Innovation Rodeo ideas nears June 6 deadline With less than a week to go in its annual call-for-topics campaign, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is still accepting innovative ideas with the potential to change the Air Force. This year’s campaign theme is Accelerate Change through Innovation.
May 31, 2022 Air Force begins third-party inspections on privatized and government owned housing The Department of the Air Force is preparing to launch a new third-party inspection initiative to gather information on the current state of the service’s privatized and government owned housing inventory. The inspections will touch all DAF privatized family housing, approximately 55,000 units, with
May 31, 2022 AFMC Connect June focus: Observant The Air Force Materiel Command Airman who is observant seizes opportunities to provide additional support to the mission, the smaller work-center and to others.
May 30, 2022 Software engineers complete 100 sprints; continue racing A team of Hill software engineers, working Personnel Recovery Command and Control, is producing computer code that helps the warfighter and they’re doing it at record speed, within a two-week window called a sprint.The code they produce supports a joint surveillance electronic tracking system that
May 27, 2022 AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 reaches 5,000 run mark The list of milestones and achievements at Arnold Engineering Development Complex Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 recently grew a bit longer.On April 11, the team at the White Oak, Maryland facility celebrated the successful completion of 5,000 test runs by Tunnel 9 personnel.”It’s always exciting when
May 26, 2022 AFRL sponsorship recipient wins NASA space manufacturing contract Air Force Research Laboratory research sponsorship recipient, United Semiconductors, LLC (USLLC), is one of eight companies selected to work on a three-year $21 million NASA contract to manufacture tools in space.
May 26, 2022 Museum to host 3-day commemoration of World War II A three-day commemoration of World War II will begin on Saturday, June 4 and concludes on Monday, June 6. Visitors can tour the Traveling replica WWII Memorial, get an up-close look inside different visiting aircraft, observe a WWII era B-25 flyover and participate in the first public look-inside
May 26, 2022 Hanscom personnel honored with acquisition and leadership awards The Air Force Materiel Command and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have recognized numerous Hanscom acquisition professionals for excellence in acquisition and leadership.