April 24, 2020 Testers unite in solution to transport COVID-19 patients The Portable Bio-Chemical Module is one of several options AF is considering to transport infectious patients.
April 23, 2020 Hanscom Arbor Day observance postponed Officials from the 66th Civil Engineering Division announced that the base’s annual National Arbor Day activities have been postponed.
April 23, 2020 Test squadron uses simulators to support high-priority F-35 test missions As the Air Force Test Center’s 412th Test Wing resumed mission-essential flight testing, the 772nd Test Squadron’s (772 TS) modeling and simulation (Sim) engineers and technicians restarted manned cockpit simulation operations to support flight test mission rehearsals at Edwards Air Force Base,
April 23, 2020 Edwards AFB Top 3 spearheads DeCA agent shopping service The 412th Test Wing community launched a commissary shopping service at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to support those who are high risk, quarantined, isolated and unable to shop for themselves, or Team Edwards deployed families impacted due to COVID-19, April 20.
April 23, 2020 Temporary certificate updates on soon to expire CACs now authorized WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – To ensure continuity of operations during COVID-19, the Department of Defense has enabled a temporary capability to allow Common Access Card cardholders to update their certificates for continued use.CACs that expired on or after April 16, 2020, and are within
April 23, 2020 Robins Frontlines: Maurice Rogers Maurice Rogers, Robins Air Force Base Commissary, Produce Department associate, stocks shopping shelves with fresh produce amidst the fight against COVID-19.The commissary carries a wide variety of grocery items as well as fresh deli sandwiches, rotisserie chicken, sushi, baked goods and cakes
April 23, 2020 Amid COVID-19 pandemic, AFRL technology protects medical facilities ROME, N.Y. – The Department of Defense is deploying Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS) developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate to military medical facilities in support of the medical response to COVID-19, including the hospital ships USNS Mercy and USNS
April 23, 2020 AFRL scientists investigate: Can microwaves reduce viability of airborne coronavirus spread? ARLINGTON, Va. – Air Force Research Laboratory scientists draw on their academic and industrial connections in the science and technology ecosystem to investigate the possibility of using light and radiation to decontaminate and sterilize areas exposed to the coronavirus.The main objective of this
April 23, 2020 Air Force promotes home safety, offers free firearm cable locks The Department of the Air Force is contributing to home safety by offering free cable locks for personally-owned firearms, which are a first line of defense for safe storage and unintentional use.
April 23, 2020 Tinker Frontlines: Meet Airman 1st Class Grace Brown Tinker Frontlines: Meet Airman 1st Class Grace Brown from the 72nd Force Support SquadronAirman 1st Class Grace Brown has served in the U.S. Air Force for less than a year and works as a customer support journeyman in the 72nd Force Support Squadron Military Personnel Flight in the CAC/ID Office.