Oct. 12, 2021 Two Rocket Planes Highlight Open Aircraft Day Oct. 16 The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will continue to provide the unique opportunity for visitors to get an up-close look inside a different aircraft from the collection each month on select days.
Oct. 12, 2021 Maintenance automation effort saves time, costs The 526th Electronics Maintenance Squadron, part of the Ogden Air Logistics Complex and responsible for the maintenance and overhaul of airborne generators, replaced its process of winding and forming coils by hand with automated equipment in order to save time and money while improving product
Oct. 12, 2021 Eglin test squadron releases GBU-72 for first time Test series included the first-ever weapons load, flight and release of the weapon July 23. Also included Eglin’s largest-ever arena test, surpassing the previous titleholder by more than double.
Oct. 8, 2021 Modernization effort underway to keep Holloman High Speed Test Track on the rails To ensure the Holloman High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, continues its record-setting ways and serves as a hub for testing to enhance pilot safety and hypersonic systems development for decades to come, 846th Test Squadron personnel are exploring the modernization of the
Oct. 8, 2021 Continuous Process Improvement: chats, programs provide accelerated readiness Air Force Materiel Command Airmen seeking new ways to innovate and accelerate change have multiple resources to support their efforts, thanks to programs led by the Commander’s Accelerated Initiatives team. Among these resources are two programs that offer training and mentorship on the ‘how’ aspect
Oct. 8, 2021 Command chief honored during retirement ceremony Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cadell, Air Force Materiel Command command chief, delivers parting remarks during his retirement ceremony Oct. 1, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Cadell retired after 30 years on active duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Oct. 7, 2021 Air Force, university scientists share vision for unconventional computing Conventional computing hardware represents information as ones and zeros, depending on the state of electronic transistors. This creates artificial bottlenecks in the flow of information processing by first requiring that environmental loads be converted into an electronic state and second by
Oct. 7, 2021 AEDC sea level facility helps validate sensors on turbofan engine The same nine vendors who visited Arnold Air Force Base as part of the Propulsion Instrumentation Working Group, or PIWG, meetings last fall recently returned.This time, instead of simply viewing an engine installed in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Sea Level Test Cell 1 and making plans
Oct. 7, 2021 October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month This year’s theme is “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion.”
Oct. 6, 2021 Air Force expands civilian employee assistance program JOINT BASE SAN-ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Department of the Air Force expanded its Employee Assistance Program Oct. 1, following a recent contract award by the Air Force Installation and Contracting Center.The program, required by the Air Force Chief of Staff, provides a variety of services and