Sept. 6, 2019 Team Tinker provides refuge for aircraft evacuating Hurricane Dorian When Hurricane Dorian appeared on radar to hit Georgia and the Carolinas this week, nearly a quarter of a million residents evacuated the coast and they’re not the only ones who took security measures ahead of the category two storm’s arrival. The 4th Fighter Wing from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Sept. 6, 2019 Achieving greatness: 78th SFS defender named one of Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen Master Sgt. Jahara Brown, superintendent of the 78th Security Forces Squadron’s Plans and Programs section, garnered the honor of being named as one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2019.
Sept. 6, 2019 Commentary: The Reason for Remembrance Very soon, our country will observe Patriot Day, our annual memorial of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that changed our nation.Why do we commemorate anniversaries of the days that change our lives? As a force, we pride ourselves on being forward-thinking and future-focused, so why look back
Sept. 5, 2019 SAF/CO, AFIMSC Enable Readiness Through Cloud-based Visualization Tool The AFMISC Innovation Office and the Air Force Chief Data Office successfully built the highly successful Installation Health Assessments using the Tableau visualization tool hosted on the Air Force’s Visible, Accessible, Understandable, Linked, and Trusted, or VAULT, Data Platform. This effort
Sept. 5, 2019 Against all odds: Air Force family overcomes adversity The Giles were presented with a spectrum of possibilities of outcomes for their tiny newborn daughter. They finally were able to determine she had suffered a brain hemorrhage and was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy (CP). The Giles were faced with a future of uncertainties for the health and wellbeing
Sept. 5, 2019 91-year-old restoration volunteer preserves service heritage Aircraft are some of the most complex pieces of machinery. From concept, to fabrication, testing and maintenance, and eventual retirement, the behind the scenes work and effort required to maintain even the smallest parts of an aircraft are often not thought of by many. But for the restoration
Sept. 5, 2019 Passion for fitness drives AFIMSC colonel As an Air Force Academy cadet, Yvonne Spencer hated running. Now – 14 marathons, 15 sprint/Olympic-distance triathlons, 10 half-ironman triathlons and 7 Ironman triathlons later – she says her passion for the challenge of training and competing has helped her become a better Airman and leader.
Sept. 4, 2019 Precision Impact Range Area enhances test capabilities Winding roads snake through the desert and the hot summer sun scorches down on sandy expansions of land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Within these twisting roads and sandy spaces lies one of the Air Force’s most valuable test resources, the Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA).
Sept. 4, 2019 Competing of the minds: Air Force Spark Tank 2020 open for submissions A respirator with a built-in two-way communication system. A semi-truck trailer that can reduce aircraft deployment from 72 hours to five hours. A chemical agent detection device that runs on renewable energy.
Sept. 3, 2019 New scheduling system streamlines test and maintenance planning Ensuring resources such as utilities, facilities and personnel are available to accommodate high-priority test and maintenance projects is essential to the success of the AEDC mission.In an effort to reduce work impacts and delays due to resource unavailability and conflicts in testing schedules, a