Sept. 29, 2020 Air Force partnership helps rare woodpecker thrive JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – LACKLAND, Texas -- The red cockaded woodpecker is making a comeback, thanks to partnership efforts between the Air Force and multiple public and private organizations.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service highlighted Department of Defense conservation efforts Sept. 25 during a
Sept. 28, 2020 ROBOpilot Unmanned Air Platform returns to flight WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated resumed flight testing of the ROBOpilot unmanned air platform and completed a successful fourth flight test September 24 at Dugway Proving Ground,
Sept. 28, 2020 AFCEC’s APE team continues to certify essential evaluators despite COVID-19 restrictions TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – A virtual training partnership between the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Airfield Pavement Evaluations team and the Air Force Institute of Technology continues to ensure mission critical certification of airfield pavement evaluators in the age of
Sept. 28, 2020 Air Force awards contract for munitions storage facilities at Andersen AFB ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Detachment 2 successfully spearheaded the award of a $65 million contract recently to construct new reinforced concrete munitions storage magazines known as “igloos” at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The project
Sept. 28, 2020 AFSC’s top leaders visit Hill Air Force Base Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, and Chief Master Sgt. David Flosi, AFSC command chief master sergeant, visited Hill Air Force Base Sept. 21-23 to see Team Hill operations and to spend time with the base’s Airmen.
Sept. 28, 2020 Hanscom Digital Airmen win at VCSAF competition Hanscom Airmen were recently recognized in an Air Force-wide competition for their technological innovation through robotic process automation. Air Force senior leaders named Hanscom’s Bouncer Bot “Best Robot for Business Impact” of ‘Rise of the Digital Wingman,’ a vice chief of staff-directed
Sept. 28, 2020 Family first, with an eye always on the mission WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) - “I was vaguely aware of ROTC,” laughs Maj. Jazmyn Hyman, Program Manager for AFLCMC. “I had a friend who did Air Force JROTC [in high school] and we ran track and cheered together, but I was totally oblivious. I didn’t have anyone close to me that had served.
Sept. 25, 2020 A look back: Early Air Force Uniforms The following is a look back at the origins of the distinctive USAF uniforms, what organizations oversaw the design and manufacturing and the early transition period of Air Force uniforms worn.
Sept. 25, 2020 Connect to Protect: Wounded Warrior shares personal story of suicidal thoughts, recovery Hanscom hosted a virtual Storytellers event Sept. 22 during Suicide Prevention Month. Hanscom senior leaders named suicide prevention as a top priority and emphasized the importance of being socially connected as a community as a means to combat suicide. The 2020 theme for the Air Force observance