Dec. 19, 2024 2024 AFMC Year in People Step into the highlights of 2024 with our Air Force Materiel Command "Year in People" photo spread!
Dec. 19, 2024 AFWERX Refinery accelerates Air Force innovation with new cohort AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, completed its 15th Refinery cohort Dec. 4. The six-week course, held in Warner Robins, Georgia, focused on bridging the gap between Air Force requirements and Airmen innovation.
Dec. 19, 2024 AFMC Integrated Development Office Stand-up Ceremony The AFMC Integrated Development Office Stand-up ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force December 17, 2024 included the official appointment of Amanda Gentry as the inaugural director of the IDO.
Dec. 19, 2024 The C-5 'Drive to 55': Collaboration, Innovation in Strategic Airlift The recent "Drive to 55" campaign, spearheaded by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, aims to address a longstanding challenge: raising the C-5's mission-capable rate to 55% and beyond, ensuring this key asset is always ready when needed.
Dec. 18, 2024 AFMC Civilians should prep now for Academic Year 26 Civilian Development Program applications will be accepted starting Jan. 8 for Academic Year 2026 Civilian Development.
Dec. 17, 2024 Combat readiness exercise assesses response to operational challenges, threats The exercise and associated inspection tested Edwards’ and Plant 42’s response to a range of simulated security threats and operational challenges in this age of great power competition.
Dec. 17, 2024 Flashback: Convair’s F-102 and F-106 – Aren’t they really the same airplane? A historical look at the Convair F-102 and F-106 aircraft.
Dec. 17, 2024 AFRL hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony at new FORTRESS facility The Air Force Research Laboratory recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, building. FORTRESS, a Space Vehicles Directorate facility, will primarily be used to develop technical solutions for
Dec. 16, 2024 AIAA class of 2025 fellows includes four AFRL engineers The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, or AIAA, announced their selections for their class of 2025 Associate Fellows. The 2025 list of honorees includes four engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Aerospace Systems Directorate.
Dec. 16, 2024 Aeromedical Branch makes ‘Safe to Fly’ recommendation for SPYDR device SPYDR, by Spotlight Labs, are small earcups with an integrated blood oxygen and heart rate sensor, which rest on an artery underneath the ear, to allow for real time monitoring/alerting of impending physiological events.