Jan. 3, 2021 AFMC Connect January focus: Trust The AFMC Connect provides leaders with the resources to effectively communicate with their Airmen in an effort to increase unit cohesion, connectedness and individual resiliency. A greater connection between Airmen and civilians within an organization creates a trusting environment where members
Jan. 3, 2021 National Museum USAF continuing Open Late on first Thursday of each month The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will offer evening hours on the first Thursday of January in 2021.The museum will offer the public an opportunity to get an up-close look at an aircraft from 5-8 p.m. The Museum Store and simulators will remain open as well.On the evening of Jan. 7, visitors
Dec. 29, 2020 Tinker prepared for vaccine arrival Tinker Air Force Base’s 72nd Medical Group is prepared to deliver coronavirus vaccinations quickly when supplies arrive. According to Department of Defense plans, Tinker’s initial doses will be prioritized for medical workers, emergency services and public safety personnel.
Dec. 29, 2020 Tyndall gets first x-ray system for gate vehicle checks The “Installation of the Future” received the Air Force’s first Mobile Vehicle Access Control Inspection System, or VACIS M6500, at the Cleveland gate Dec. 21.
Dec. 29, 2020 Newly-acquired AFRL test aircraft to aid personnel recovery research WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A small aircraft that is poised to make a big impact on military personnel recovery made a brief stop in the Dayton, Ohio, area on its way to St. Mary’s County, Maryland, where it will be used to test the Air Force Research Laboratory-developed Low Altitude
Dec. 28, 2020 RED HORSE Squadron teams up with Navy Seabees to construct B-Hut energy test site TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – A recent construction project at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, provides a test bed for next generation energy technologies.The barracks huts project brought together crews from the 823rd Air Force Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer,
Dec. 28, 2020 AFMC Connect continues focus on resiliency, connectedness for 2021 The Air Force Materiel Command will continue to focus on resiliency in 2021 through the AFMC Connect program. The initiative, launched in January 2020, provides monthly training topics for leaders to use for facilitating deliberate and meaningful discussions with teams in an effort to increase unit
Dec. 28, 2020 AFOSR awards 17 quantum research grants from Million Dollar International Quantum U Tech Accelerator competition ARLINGTON, Va. (AFOSR) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Air Force Office of Scientific Research recently awarded 17 quantum information science grants, with a focus on basic research, to scientists and engineers at institutions across the globe. These awards were fast-tracked following a
Dec. 28, 2020 Alumni talk about experiences with Civilian Developmental Education WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – As the application period for Civilian Developmental Education Programs approaches, three recent alumni discussed their experiences with the program. John T. Bailey is the Deputy Director for the Advanced Aircraft Division in the Fighter and Advanced Aircraft
Dec. 28, 2020 Commentary: Minuteman III still stands for nuclear deterrence 50 years later Fifty years after achieving operational alert, one leg of the nuclear triad continues to stand as world’s most formidable arm of nuclear deterrence.