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    Next-gen combat search and rescue helicopter takes flight

    The 413th Flight Test Squadron will be primary unit for developmental testing of combat search and rescue aircraft.
  • Yancy Mailes, Air Force Materiel Command historian, provides background information on the AFMC We Need initiative during cadre training at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, July 15. More than 150 AFMC headquarters and center augmentees attended the training to prepare for the implementation of Phase II activities of the AFMC We Need initiative.

    AFMC We Need team to conduct focus groups across enterprise

    The Air Force Materiel Command’s AFMC We Need team will travel to operating locations across the command footprint to conduct in-person focus groups beginning July 22. The AFMC We Need enterprise-wide initiative, launched in late June, seeks inputs and recommendations from AFMC civilian and military Airmen that can help posture the command to best support the National Defense Strategy today and in the decades to come.
  • The Title III Program partnered with Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation to refurbish and upgrade key forging equipment, controls, and supporting infrastructure, preserving the U.S. heavy forging industrial base. (Courtesy photo)

    Air Force contracting process enhanced with new hybrid Funding Opportunity Announcement

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, serving as Department of Defense Executive Agent Program Office of the Defense Production Act Title III Program, has issued a hybrid Funding Opportunity Announcement that will provide extensive flexibility to efficiently award production technology projects to strengthen
  • Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, Program Executive Officer for Fighters and Bombers and Joseph Bradley, director for CROWS, officially open a cyber defense facility for the Fighters and Bombers Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo / Wesley Farnsworth)

    New cyber defense facility to augment weapons resiliency, threat protection

    One of the Air Force’s ongoing challenges is to create processes, infrastructure and capabilities to counter threats to its weapon systems. To address this, organizations are looking at creative ways to forge partnerships and alliances to advance the cyber resiliency of weapon systems by protecting information and eliminating communications barriers.
  • A group of nearly 250 college students in the Air Force’s Premier College Intern Program attend a three-day symposium hosted by the Air Force Personnel Center. During the symposium, June 25-27, the interns learned about Air Force civilian careers, toured Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and listened to briefings that prepared them for their internships. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

    College students welcomed to Air Force careers during intern symposium

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Nearly 250 college students attended the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Premier College Intern Program symposium hosted by the Air Force Personnel Center, June 25-27.The PCIP is an Air Force-wide program initiated two years ago by former Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. It is a 12-week paid
  • SFS Airman receives AFSA Pitsenbarger Award

    SFS Airman receives AFSA Pitsenbarger Award

    A member of the 66th Security Forces Squadron here recently learned he is the Air Force Materiel Command 2019 Air Force Sergeants Association Pitsenbarger Award recipient.
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    AEDC instrumental to program that put man on the moon

    AEDC played an integral role in this “giant leap for mankind.” In years leading up to the Apollo 11 moon landing, personnel at Arnold Air Force Base were involved in thousands of hours of testing to ensure the success of the NASA Project Apollo program.
  • Along with American Paralympic Gold medalist Grace Norman, veteran and American Gold Medalist Bob Schul is scheduled to be the second guest speaker for the 23rd Air Force Marathon. Schul is the first and only Team USA runner to win the 5,000 meters at the Olympic games. (Contributed photo)

    American gold medalist Bob Schul to be second featured speaker at Air Force Marathon

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Along with American Paralympic Gold medalist Grace Norman, veteran and American Gold Medalist Bob Schul is scheduled to be the second guest speaker for the 23rd Air Force Marathon.   Schul is the first and only Team USA runner to win the 5,000 meters at the Olympic games. “We are ecstatic to add another gold
  • Maj. Whit Collins, Thunderbird No. 4, taxi's his F-16D during the Dayton-Vectren Airshow June 22, 2019. From their G-suits to the custom earpieces worn by the pilots to the F-16’s transparent bubble canopy, the fly-by-wire flight controls and the pilot/vehicle interface, AFRL technologies accompany the Thunderbirds around the world as they perform in airshows.(U.S. Air Force photo/Rich Oriez)

    AFRL supports Thunderbirds with aerospace technology

    DAYTON, Ohio – The United States Air Force Thunderbirds delivered an awe-inspiring performance at the Vectren Dayton Air Show June 22-23, captivating young and old alike with  jaw-dropping aerial maneuvers and impressive feats of skill. While these daring pilots and their impressive aircraft are the stars of the show, Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill will be taking effect Aug. 1, 2011 and Oct. 1, 2011. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Senior Airman Damon L. Kasberg)

    DoD delays Post 9/11 GI Bill changes

    The implementation has been delayed until January 12, 2020, giving long-serving members more time to transfer their education benefits to spouses or dependents.
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