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  • Col. Donna Turner, commander of the newly named Air Force Services Center, unfurls her unit's new flag at a special ceremony June 25, 2019, on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center formally redesignated AFSVC and the Air Force Installation Contracting Center-- two of its primary subordinate units -- to bring them in line with Air Force naming conventions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Johnny Saldivar)

    AFIMSC redesignates contracting, services units

    AFIMSC Commander Maj. Gen. Brad Spacy redesignated the organization’s contracting and services operations as the Air Force Installation Contracting Center and the Air Force Services Center. Those units were previsously designated as activity and agency respectively.
  • Aerospace Sustainment Directorate team members (left to right) Rich Kuykendall, Cathy Barker, Adam Payne, Braeden Stander, Jeni Owen and Lance Haycock receive the Logistics Airmen Mastering Possibilities, or L-A-M-P, Award trophy June 6, 2019, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The award established in January includes a traveling trophy and is presented monthly to the Ogden Air Logistic Complex’s most deserving team or unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)

    Aerospace Sustainment Directorate receives the L-A-M-P trophy

    The Logistics Airmen Mastering Possibilities, or L-A-M-P, Award is on the move this month. The most recent recipient is the Ogden Air Logistics Complex’s Aerospace Sustainment Directorate
  • U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, chats with athletes and their families during the 2019 Department of Defense Warrior Games Opening Ceremony in Tampa Bay, Fla., June 22, 2019. Approximately 300 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans will participate in 13 athletic competitions over 10 days as U.S. Special Operations Command hosts the 2019 DoD Warrior Games. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)

    2019 Warrior Games begin

    Jon Stewart, a comedian, was once again the master of ceremonies to officially open the games. He mixed humor with a compassion and seriousness about wounded warriors that seems to resonate with service members and families.
  • Maj. Zachary McCarty (left), Maj. Matthew Getts and Dr. Michael Tanner discuss a variety of topics during the Implementing Acquisition Transformation panel.(U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

    F-22 Program Office hosts inaugural Rapid Acquisition Forum

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In an effort to collaborate, share best practices, and tackle cross platform issues, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s F-22 Program Office hosted its inaugural Rapid Acquisition Forum June 11-12 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.The event which was organized by and geared
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    AF Academy teams up with Test Pilot School in new candidacy program

    New partnership unveiled between Air Force Academy and Test Pilot School
  • Military Apprecaition Night at the Fraze Pavilion

    Music, USAF Thunderbirds highlight concert, military appreciation

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The fourth Hometown Heroes Military Appreciation Night June 20 at the Fraze Pavilion in Kettering celebrated local Airmen and veterans with music by country star Chris Janson and a first-time appearance on stage by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.Stormy skies could not dampen the spirits of the enthusiastic
  • The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Space Object Self-Tracker is a self-sufficient, low-cost, low-weight, and low-power experimental payload designed to demonstrate precise tracking capabilities for future Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management. AFIT’s Center for Space Research and Assurance designed, manufactured and tested the payload. The very first Department of Defense SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the hosted payload from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 24, 2019. (Contributed photo)

    DoD’s SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch to host AFIT’s Space Object Self-Tracker

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Space Object Self-Tracker flight experiment is set to launch on the Department of Defense’s first SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on June 24 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The SOS is a self-sufficient, low-cost, low-weight, and low-power system designed to demonstrate
  • Senior Airman Alexander Schrichte, 460th Space Communications Squadron client systems technician, performs routine technical checks on network servers, Nov. 9, 2018 at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. Buckley AFB was handpicked alongside of six other bases to pilot a new program called Network As A Service, or NAAS, which benchmarks the way cyber deterrence in the U.S. Air force is accomplished across the globe. Airmen belonging to the 460th Space Communication Squadron will no longer be limited to fixing technical issues, they will be defending our nation from cyber attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael D. Mathews)

    Hanscom takes next step on Enterprise IT

    Air Force Life Cycle Management officials here awarded a $66 million “Compute and Store” other transaction agreement to Accenture on June 21 for IT as-a-Service risk reduction experiments.
  • A B-52 from the 419th Flight Test Squadron out of Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., carries a prototype of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, for its first captive carry flight, June 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

    (VIDEO) B-52 continues “mothership” role during hypersonic test

    In a scene reminiscent of the old days of a B-52 mothership carrying an X-15 underneath a wing, the 419th Flight Test Squadron successfully conducted the first flight test of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 12.
  • My wife Erin and I – Air Force Ball, Arnold AFB 2018

    What it means to me to be back in the Air Force – The grass is not always greener

    At 38 years old I know I am one of oldest, or as I like to refer to it, “most senior” active duty lieutenants around.   Considering the journey I’ve taken just to get right where I am now, I would say I feel the deepest privilege just to do what I do each day here in the Air Force.
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