April 19, 2018 Air Force working toward innovative groundwater cleanup solution The Air Force is working closely with leading academic researchers to solve a global challenge: cleaning groundwater contaminated with Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Perfluorooctanoic Acid, known as PFOS and PFOA.
April 17, 2018 Hybrid generator could make aircraft maintenance more efficient, effective, user friendly You can’t have air power without ground power says Senior Master Sgt. Jason Tilley, who is the Air Force’s lead for its Aerospace Ground Support Equipment Working Group. Tilley, along with several members from throughout Air Force Materiel Command, AFMC Support Equipment Program Office and Research
April 12, 2018 F-35 completes most comprehensive flight test program in aviation history The F-35 Integrated Test Force, based at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, has completed more than 65,000 test points, 9,200 test flights, and six major test aircraft detachments on board L-class and Nimitz class carriers on both U.S. coasts.
April 8, 2018 SecAF stresses Hanscom importance at town hall Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson emphasized the priorities demanded by the new National Defense Strategy and Hanscom’s vital role in meeting them during a town hall here April 5.
April 5, 2018 Air Force launches new application tool for Airmen athletes JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Air Force Sports, managed by the Air Force Services Activity, recently launched an online application system to make it easier for Airmen athletes to apply for Air Force sports teams. APPTRAC, an online application system that automatically tracks an
April 3, 2018 AFMC supporting analysis of T-6 unexplained physiological events Air Force Materiel Command is playing a lead role in analyzing unexplained physiological events with the T-6 Texan II training platform.Maj. Gen. T. Glenn Davis is leading a team to determine the root causes and corrective actions for recent T-6 aircrew breathing system problems. Gen. Ellen
April 2, 2018 Air Force awards contract to test device that may help prevent physiological symptoms in flight WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile Combat Support Directorate recently awarded a $195,000 contract to SPOTLIGHT Labs to test the company’s SPYDR device, designed to immediately alert T-6 aircrew of low oxygen in the bloodstream, which may allow
April 2, 2018 Feel better, function better with the ‘Spring Into Shape’ Challenge Learn how to feel and function better with Air Force Materiel Command’s Spring into Shape physical activity challenge.
March 30, 2018 Expanded childcare options support deployed, remote Airmen JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force is expanding the number of hours it will provide free child care for families of military members deployed or on remote assignment starting April 1. The change provides 16 hours of pre-deployment, 16 hours each month during deployment or remote
March 27, 2018 AFMC Airmen, team among winners of 2017 AF nuclear deterrence operations awards Air Force officials recently named the winners of the 2017 Nuclear Deterrence Operations Award and the Nuclear & Missile Operations Award.