April 22, 2015 AFRL redesigns mock UAV, 'Surrogate Predator' The Air Force Research Laboratory's Surrogate Predator program has given the warfighter a way to train in the U.S. before deploying overseas.AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland modified a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182 aircraft to be used for military training exercises. The Surrogate
April 17, 2015 IB 3.1: Building capabilities using the Air Force's IT infrastructure The Air Force uses the concept of baselines to describe its IT infrastructure. Three baselines to be precise -- a target baseline, an implementation baseline and an operational baseline.While all baselines are closely related and dependent upon one another, it is the implementation baseline -- also
April 16, 2015 Air Force announces new AFMC vice commander Air Force officials announced April 16, 2015, the assignment of Maj. Gen. Warren D. Berry as vice commander of Air Force Materiel Command. He is currently the director of logistics at Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Officials also announced the retirement of
April 16, 2015 AFMC promotes Strengthening Workplace Relationships campaign During the months of April and May, Air Force Materiel Command will promote its Strengthening Workplace Relationships campaign.Building and maintaining good work relationships is the key to a positive work environment. Many full-time employees spend more of their waking hours with fellow staff than
April 7, 2015 Hanscom Vulnerability Management team receives cyber award The Air Force Vulnerability Management team, a program office within Hanscom AFB's Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence Infrastructure Division, received an Elite 6 Award during a C4ISR and Networks Conference April 7, 2015, in Crystal City, Va.The 25-member team was recognized for its
April 3, 2015 Obama visits Hill AFB to talk economy, solar industry jobs President Barack Obama spoke here April 3, 2015, during his first visit to the state as commander in chief.The president addressed a group of Utah elected officials, base leadership and news media at Hill's solar array to announce a program called Solar Ready Vets, which seeks to train veterans for
March 31, 2015 Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center reorganizes The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center reorganized its structure March 30, 2015, realigning responsibilities, authorities and accountability to better serve the Nuclear Enterprise.The center now has three execution directorates: one for ICBM systems, one for air-delivered systems, and a third focused
March 30, 2015 University Relations seeks to bolster AFRL partnerships, recruiting Employment recruiting efforts at the Air Force Research Laboratory are expanding via its University Relations program. It's part of a multi-faceted AFRL effort to seek out and attract the best and brightest scientists and engineers and carry out its mission of providing Airmen with the advanced
March 27, 2015 Senate confirms AFMC senior leader nominations Air Force officials announced March 27, 2015, the Senate confirmation of five Air Force Materiel Command senior leaders' nominations.Officials announced the Senate confirmation of Lt. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at
March 27, 2015 Managing acquisition: a PM's perspective There are hundreds of different career fields within the Air Force. All have their roles to play, cumulatively resulting in the aircraft that dominate the skies, satellites that connect us from space, cyber defenses that safeguard our networks and many other warfighting systems.While we often see