Aug. 25, 2017 Airman accepts Marine Corps challenge Airman 1st Class Colby Morin, a member of the 66th Security Forces Squadron, volunteered to attend the U.S. Marine Corps’ Lance Corporal Seminar during a deployment to Southeast Asia.
Aug. 24, 2017 Supercomputing weather with ‘Thor’ Thor models global weather patterns and provides individual air bases and army units with specific forecasts for areas as small as 17 square kilometers. The computer system is comprised of nearly 1,000 individual blade servers. Thor’s increased capacity allows weather Airmen at Offutt to generate
Aug. 23, 2017 Measurement lab passes evaluation with precision EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Edwards Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory passed a recent evaluation that ensures the lab performs measurements that are safe, accurate, reliable and traceable. Maj. Gen. David Harris, Air Force Test Center commander, and Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer,
Aug. 23, 2017 USAF awards contracts for new nuclear missile to Lockheed, Raytheon The Air Force is on track to replace the aging AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missile with modernized weapon capabilities designed for its nuclear bomber fleet, to include the B-21.
Aug. 23, 2017 Pawlikowski holds Commander's Call at Kirtland AFB KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, recently visited and provided an update on the 2017 AFMC Strategic Plan during a Commander’s Call held for Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory personnel.“Thank you for
Aug. 23, 2017 AEDC testing helps lead to successful deployment of NASA Roll-Out Solar Array technology ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. -- Testing in an Arnold Engineering Development Complex space chamber here helped in preparing the Roll-Out Solar Array for its successful experimental deployment at the International Space Station on June 26, 2017.ROSA is a flexible, lightweight and rollable solar
Aug. 21, 2017 Air Force awards two contracts for a new intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- The Air Force announced Aug. 21 the award of two Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction contracts for its Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system program. Contracts were awarded to Boeing Company, Huntsville, Alabama, and
Aug. 20, 2017 AFIT prepares nuclear enterprise to deal with any scenario With talk of nuclear weapons returning to Americans’ everyday conversations, it might be excusable for the average person to think that the technology somehow had left the mainstream; this couldn’t be further from the truth.
Aug. 18, 2017 Acquisition personnel assess Air Force network operations By taking the pulse of the Air Force network, acquisition personnel here hope to improve security, reduce maintenance costs and mine data produced by millions of daily operations.
Aug. 18, 2017 Light Attack Experiment: New way of doing business for the Air Force WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – On March 8, 2017, Gen. David L. Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff, issued a memorandum stating that the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base would lead a campaign directed at the Air Force’s