April 22, 2024 RAF, RAAF reactivate squadron for F-35 reprogramming mission No. 80 Squadron, which also includes Royal Navy Sailors, was formerly known as the Australia Canada United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory.
April 20, 2024 AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED.
April 19, 2024 Youngest OKC bombing survivor becomes avionics technician at Tinker as ‘my way of helping out’ PJ Allen was just a baby when his grandmother dropped him off at daycare on the fateful day of the Oklahoma City bombing 29 years ago. Since the bombing, he’s developed a passion for aviation and his personal goal to work at Tinker AFB has been fulfilled when he became an Aviation Technician.
April 19, 2024 AFMC Annual Excellence Award winners light up the night The Air Force Materiel Command held their Annual Excellence Awards April 17 to spotlight individuals whose outstanding contributions significantly impacted the command's mission in 2023.
April 18, 2024 AFSFC explores updated non-lethal weapon options for Defender force The Air Force Security Forces Center is continuing its efforts to arm Defenders with the technology and equipment they need to better protect people and resources across the Department of the Air Force.
April 18, 2024 Kendall, Allvin, Saltzman continue modernization drumbeat, need for Congress to approve budgets on time DAF Secretary Frank Kendall and the top-ranking military leaders told a House committee April 17 that adequately defending the nation against modern-day adversaries demands the services modernize quickly and that Congress deliver funding in a timely and predictable manner.
April 17, 2024 USAF Test Pilot School and DARPA announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent breakthroughs that have launched the machine-learning era within the aerospace industry.
April 17, 2024 AFCEC streamlines CE work tasks with mobile IT initiative The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently introduced a new custom-designed mobile tab for the NexGen IT system to help installations collect, manage and use civil engineering data more efficiently.
April 17, 2024 SpaceWERX, Aerospace Corporation collaborate to guide technologies through the 'Valley of Death' SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, has partnered with the Aerospace Corporation to establish a cutting-edge “Technology Readiness Level”, or TRL, bootcamp lab in El Segundo, California.
April 16, 2024 Big bombs, no problem in latest loadcrew competition (photos) 1st Quarter 96th Maintenance Group battle.