April 7, 2021 CHPS promotes the DOWNSIZED Challenge Reshape your life this spring by participating in the DOWNSIZED Weight Management Challenge with Civilian Health Promotion Services. The challenge encourages participants to strive for a healthy weight by learning healthy lifestyle habits for nutrition and physical activity. Both Federal Civilian
April 7, 2021 Tinker privatized housing continues to see improvements At the end of a well-advertised housing town hall event in February, Tinker Air Force Base Commander, Col. Paul Filcek, asked the roughly two dozen in attendance how many of them actually live in base housing. After eight hands went up, Filcek then asked them to put their hands down if they were
April 7, 2021 Air Force names its newest fighter, F-15EX Eagle II The first Air Force aircraft to be completely tested and fielded through combined developmental and operational test efforts.
April 7, 2021 Test Pilot school graduates first Space Test Fundamentals class The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School graduated the first-ever Space Test Fundamentals class April 6, 2021, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, the U.S. Space Force chief of space operations, was on-hand to give the graduation address.
April 7, 2021 “SpeedDealer” team awards long-range radar integration contract with production options The Theater Battle Control Division, headquartered here, awarded an $8.4 million integration contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. March 26 as part of the Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar Rapid Prototyping program. Program officials said the main intent of the integration effort is to
April 6, 2021 Training for the physical fitness assessment Physical fitness assessments will resume for Airmen on July 1, 2021.Some Airmen may be deconditioned due to the impacts of COVID-19 protocols and lack of accessibility for fitness options. To assist military members preparing for the PT test, Air Force Materiel Command has developed a physical
April 6, 2021 AFMC command team visits Team Robins Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Stanley Cadell, AFMC command chief, visited Team Robins to receive various updates on initiatives and campaigns within the 78th Air Base Wing, the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, the 638th Supply Chain
April 6, 2021 ARRW booster vehicle flight test unsuccessful Test missile was not able to complete launch sequence.
April 5, 2021 National Welding Month: Welders play vital role in AEDC mission Welding is the process of using high heat to fuse metal together. At Arnold Air Force Base, the headquarters for Arnold Engineering Development Complex, there are boilermakers, pipefitters, ironworkers, sheet metal workers and machinists in the Model and Machine Shop who specialize in the skill of
April 5, 2021 AFMC leadership to host virtual town hall Air Force Materiel Command leadership will host a command-wide virtual town hall, Tuesday, April 27, at 2 p.m. EDT.