March 5, 2020 AFRL Sensors Directorate tech transfer program manager earns rookie of the year award WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate Tech Transfer and Alliance Program Manager has earned the 2020 Rookie of the Year Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC).Jack Owsley III was selected from among 300
March 4, 2020 AFMC Chaplain Corps recommits to readiness, focuses on HC Next Airmen are familiar with the level of care they can anticipate from the Air Force Materiel Command Chaplain Corps team. That care has been significantly ratcheted up by the commander-driven, creatively engaged, squadron-focused approach of HC Next.HC Next is part of an Air Force Chaplain Corps
March 4, 2020 2020 AFAF fundraising campaign emphasizes ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – With a new theme of “Taking Care of Our Own — For Airmen, By Airmen,” the 47th annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base begins March 2 and runs through April 10.The annual AFAF campaign raises funds for AFAF-affiliated
March 3, 2020 Barrett, Goldfein outline Air Force priorities to Senate committee and the “tradeoffs” needed to achieve them The hearing focused on the department’s recently released $169 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2021.
March 3, 2020 Defender Challenge 2020 to test readiness, lethality The U.S. Air Force Defender Challenge will pit Security Forces teams against each other in San Antonio, Texas, May 11-15, 2020. Defenders will prove their abilities in dismounted skills, endurance, agility, individual weapons, and military working dog (MWD) teams through a series of gut-testing
March 3, 2020 Air Force trains with joint, combined forces in rapid airfield damage repair A rapid airfield damage repair training exercise was part of exercise Cope North 2020, an annual U.S. Pacific Air Forces joint/combined, trilateral field training exercise held from Feb. 12-28.
March 2, 2020 DOD Makes Plans to Combat Coronavirus Defense Department civilian and military leaders are working to ensure the department is ready for short- and long-term scenarios, as well as domestic and international situations.
March 2, 2020 NFAC wind tunnel testing demonstrates successful integration of refueling, monitoring systems It turns out two systems developed to serve separate purposes were made for each other.The pairing of an aerial refueling apparatus and instrumentation to boost its functionality was recently tested in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex, effectively
March 2, 2020 Gen. Charles Q. Brown nominated to be next Air Force Chief of Staff If confirmed by the Senate, Gen. Charles Q. Brown would assume one of the two highest positions in the Air Force from Gen. David L. Goldfein, who is retiring June 30 after four years as Chief of Staff. Brown would be the first African-American to serve as a service chief.
March 2, 2020 F-35 store separation test completed ahead of schedule, under budget Store separation testing on a 1/15th scale model of an F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 4-foot transonic wind tunnel, or 4T, at Arnold Air Force Base was completed weeks ahead of a scheduled facility maintenance outage, saving the test customer