Jan. 8, 2019 Model Shop welders complete works of 'arc' to support Air Force missions When engineers in the test facilities across Arnold Air Force Base need items fabricated ranging from large platforms to small data-collection devices, they typically turn to the welders at the base Model and Machine Shop to provide the spark needed to get the job done. Between the boilermakers,
Jan. 8, 2019 Arnold Air Force Base hosts 2018 Air Force Test Center Strategic Offsite The mission of the Air Force Test Center is to “conduct Developmental Test and Evaluation of air, space and cyber systems to provide timely, objective and accurate information to decision makers.”Arnold Engineering Development Complex is expected to continue playing a vital role in this mission,
Jan. 8, 2019 Q and A with AFTC Commander Azzano The first Air Force Test Center strategic offsite meeting since Brig. Gen. Christopher Azzano became AFTC commander in August was held recently at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.The event provided AFTC leadership the opportunity to meet and discuss ways to develop and grow next-generation
Jan. 8, 2019 Squadron innovation funds drive 3D runway surface scanning, re-creation effort An innovative effort at the Landing Gear Test Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Ohio, aims to improve the way the Air Force evaluates the impact of runway friction on aircraft tire wear.Air Force Materiel Command allocated more than $4.6 million in Squadron Innovation Funds in fiscal year
Jan. 7, 2019 APE team assesses non-visible earthquake airfield damage Following the Nov. 30 earthquakes rocking the Anchorage, Alaska area, team Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson immediately leapt into action evaluating, cleaning up and repairing damages sustained.
Jan. 7, 2019 Secure your new tech gifts There are some simple habits you can adopt that, if performed consistently, may dramatically reduce the chances that the information on your computer will be lost or corrupted.
Jan. 4, 2019 Kessel Run needs techies BOSTON – Kessel Run is looking for talent who can help the Air Force tackle its most vexing software issues, including the global Air Operations Center Weapon System and the F-35 Lightning II’s Autonomous Logistics Information System, or ALIS.The Kessel Run Experimentation Lab is building off of
Jan. 4, 2019 OTS restructures program to increase quality, quantity of officers The Air Force’s Officer Training School is changing the paradigm for building officers, pivoting away from separate programs for line and non-line officers and conducting merged classes beginning in January 2019.
Jan. 2, 2019 Uniform code of military justice changes Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Military Justice Act of 2016 will instate the most reform to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and Manual for Courts-Martial in decades, modernizing dated aspects of the military justice system while also providing transparency.
Dec. 31, 2018 First GPS III satellite successfully launched The Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the first Global Positioning Systems III satellite Dec. 23 from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built satellitewas carried to orbit aboard a Space Exploration Technologies