Aug. 25, 2015 Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians The Air Force released a policy memo Aug. 24 allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their installation's sexual assault response coordinator.The policy is effective immediately and allows SARCs and sexual assault
Aug. 25, 2015 On the radar: Robins lab to support C-5 software, hardware upgrades The C-5 System Integration Lab here has been prepping to accommodate upcoming changes to the weapon system's color weather radar capabilities for the last several months.Full-scale development is now underway by Lockheed Martin Corp. to update to a new version of the color weather radar, as well as
Aug. 24, 2015 SecAF speaks on acquisition, partnerships and priorities at Hanscom During a visit to Hanscom AFB Aug. 20-21, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James discussed her top priorities with Airmen and state officials while emphasizing the importance of the acquisition base and its partnerships."Hanscom is a unique ecosystem of engineering, technology and
Aug. 21, 2015 Major savings result from AEDC wind tunnel improvement program Replacing the Test Article Control System and Data Acquisition System feedthrough assemblies used at the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel here is saving the Arnold Engineering Development Complex more than $1 million this year.This effort is part of the Improved Transonic Test Capability, or IMTTC,
Aug. 21, 2015 Rolls-Royce continues testing latest Trent engine at AEDC The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-TEN, or Thrust, Efficiency and New Technology, engine was recently tested for performance, operability and icing certification at the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility C-2 engine test cell at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.Prior to the end of the test
Aug. 21, 2015 'This is depot work - this is what this base was meant to do' Heavy structural repairs occur every single day at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, yet one in particular has received some extra attention during the last few months.As an F-15C was moving early on through programmed depot maintenance in the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, a vertical
Aug. 20, 2015 British woman to run AF half-marathon in girl's honor The daughter of two Airmen stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base may cross the finish line of the U.S. Air Force Half Marathon Sept. 19 -- in the arms of either her father or a British woman who is coming to run in her honor.Grace Golembiewski, 2, the daughter of Tech. Sgt. Paul Golembiewski
Aug. 20, 2015 Edwards squadron does prerequisite testing for KC-46 program The 418th Flight Test Squadron is setting the stage for the arrival of the new KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueler with legacy tanker fuel surge testing conducted July 26 through Aug. 9. Both the KC-135 and the KC-10 were tested successively on the ground to baseline surge pressure environments.The same
Aug. 19, 2015 JSF ITF reaches historic sortie milestone at 'lightning' speed The Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force, which oversees all three test variants of the F-35 Lightning II, has proved its resolve to test and equip the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps with their latest fifth-generation fighter. This is evidenced by achieving a historical milestone