March 21, 2011 Marine squadron's F-16 flights reach 'milestone' toward JSF Marine aviators of the F-35B Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 completed four sorties in F-16 Fighting Falcons March 18, 2011, beginning a familiarization process to ensure readiness and efficiency in the transition to the Department of Defense's fifth generation fighter."It's a tremendous
March 18, 2011 402nd mechanics prepare damaged aircraft for final flight to 'boneyard' Aircraft mechanics here work hard every day with the single goal of returning safe and reliable aircraft to the warfighter as quickly as possible. Recently, however, some C-5 mechanics have been working with a uniquely different purpose. They have been making modifications on a C-5 to allow the
March 17, 2011 Eagle Vision imagery supporting Japan recovery efforts The Electronic Systems Center-managed Eagle Vision imagery collection team here rushed to action within hours of the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Northeast Japan March 11, 2011.Shortly after 7 a.m. Eastern Time on March 11, the Eagle Vision team began
March 16, 2011 Modified X-51A Waverider ready for next hypersonic test Air Force engineers currently plan to fly the second X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test demonstrator as early as March 22, program officials said March 15, 2011."We are proud of the first flight results, and at the same time we understand the inherent risk in a high-technology demonstrator like
March 15, 2011 School of Aerospace Medicine personnel begin moving into new complex at Wright-Patterson AFB The Air Force Research Laboratory took another major step toward the completion of Base Realignment and Closure when it took possession of the Maj. Gen. Harry G. Armstrong complex here in early March.The complex is composed of four buildings that will house mission units of the 711th Human
March 11, 2011 AFMC senior leaders travel in theater to gather warfighter feedback First Lt. Steven Massara, of the 703rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, briefs Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, and Maj. Gen. Andrew Busch, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander, on the repair of the troop door fairing on the C-17 Globemaster during a visit here March 7,
March 11, 2011 C-130 training simulator makes its move to base Now that the nearly 700,000-square-foot complex that will house the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing and their USAF School of Aerospace Medicine has been completed here, equipment is being moved in -- including the first of two Lockheed C-130 trainers that will be used by
March 11, 2011 Commentary: Doing the Basics ... Can you imagine getting up to go to work today and forgetting to put on your socks? It would make you uncomfortable, you might get a blister, and you would be out of uniform. The reason we put our socks on is that it is a basic thing we do to complete our uniform and keep ourselves healthy and safe
March 11, 2011 First MSG-3 production bird returned to nest The C-5 Galaxy enterprise here reached an important milestone recently in its transition to a different way of performing programmed depot maintenance. When C-5B Tail No. 86-0015 was declared ready to return to its home at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., it marked the first production C-5 PDM to be
March 10, 2011 Land-based precision approach system program resumes The land-based Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or LB JPALS, is getting back on track after budget cuts. In January 2011, the deputy secretary of defense issued the Resource Management Directive-700 which restored full funding to the program.JPALS is a family of systems that will provide