April 29, 2020 AFRL Aircraft Decontamination Team ramps up battle against COVID-19 To support the global fight against COVID-19, the Air Force Research Laboratory quickly stood up an aircraft decontamination team pooling bioenvironmental, aircraft materials and medical experts from across the laboratory who’ve assessed a variety of aircraft decontamination support solutions.
April 29, 2020 AFRL adapts PJ tactics for COVID-19 monitoring WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory is leveraging tactics from the Air Force pararescue (PJ) community, employing a new tool that can monitor multiple patients’ vital signs, helping to alleviate the lean doctor-to-patient ratio that many medical facilities are
April 29, 2020 Robins Frontlines: Ernesto Verger Ernesto Verger, 78th Air Base Wing, OPSEC program manager, although not assigned to the Crisis Action Team and having no prior tactical experience has taken a lead role there in a matter of only two months. Verger volunteered his services due to the high volume, mounting tasks and insurmountable
April 29, 2020 #IAMIMSC: Roger Walton Meet Roger Walton, BRAC Environmental Coordinator with AFCEC at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
April 29, 2020 Emulation ensures reliability for space domain awareness A Digital Directorate team located at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is working to ensure the Air Force’s space catalog system stays up-to-date.The Space Defense Operations Center system has decades-old hardware, much reaching its end-of-life, and as space gets more contested and congested,
April 28, 2020 Space Force Acquisition Council looks to safeguard space industrial base from COVID-19 impacts In response to COVID-19, the Department of the Air Force is posturing to identify and provide support to the space industrial base, assessing sectors most impacted by the pandemic while creating an environment where companies in need can compete fairly in the event of supplemental federal relief
April 28, 2020 Keeping a monitor on your blood pressure High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, represents a major health concern in the United States, impacting approximately 108 million people annually -- nearly half the U.S. population.Worldwide, the American Heart Association reports that high blood pressure is the leading cause of
April 28, 2020 Donated masks distributed to Team Hill Around 4,000 cloth masks were handed out to Team Hill personnel April 28, 2020, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The masks were donated from nearby communities and also from the 531st Armament Textile Shop to keep military and civilian Airmen safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 28, 2020 Air Force Marathon extending current registration prices WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB – Due to the current environment brought on by COVID-19, current pricing to register for the Air Force Marathon will extend to June 7.Prices for the marathon and half marathon will increase by $10 on June 8 while the cost of the 5K and 10K races will increase by $5. The price
April 28, 2020 Software innovations makes F-16 more capable WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – F-16 Operational Flight Program (OFP) M-series 7.2+ was released in April 2020 to more than 600 Block 40/42/50/52 F-16s delivering a wide range of new capabilities to the Fighting Falcon. The $455 million program fielded major capability upgrades such as the