April 5, 2022 Air Force delivers E-4B simulator On April 1, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Simulator Division delivered the first ever high fidelity, full motion simulator designed to replicate E-4B flying operations and aerial refueling capability to E-4B pilots and flight engineers assigned to the 595th Command and Control Group
April 4, 2022 Decommissioned Mach 8 tunnel removed to make room for future test opportunities The hardware making up the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Tunnel E facility has been scrapped, leaving behind a mostly empty room in the building that also houses Tunnel D at the von Kármán Gas Dynamics Facility at Arnold Air Force Base.It hasn’t been an active wind tunnel in years, so the
April 1, 2022 AEDC supporting Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program across the complex As the complex continues to support the Minuteman III program with aging and surveillance testing of stage II and III motors, Team AEDC has begun providing test and evaluation support for the next-generation nuclear deterrent, the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent.
April 1, 2022 B-1 flies into future The process to create a digital twin of B-1 tail #85-0092 is already showing promise to predict and control sustainment processes in a way that will keep this limited resource in the air.
March 31, 2022 AFWERX Fellowship seeks innovative Guardians and Airmen AFWERX is now accepting applications for its summer 2022 fellowship program until May 9. Innovation enthusiasts of all ranks from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active duty, Reserve, Guard and government civilians may apply for the summer cohort.
March 31, 2022 Grand opening celebration for new Humanitarian Missions exhibit planned The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will host a Grand Opening Celebration for its newest permanent exhibit, “A Force for Good: Department of the Air Force Humanitarian Missions” on Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.Located in the museum’s Global Reach Gallery, this new exhibit focuses on
March 30, 2022 Kessel Run, TTS collaboration to develop increased cloud.gov hosting capability The Air Force’s Kessel Run and the U.S. General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS) announced a collaboration that allows cloud.gov to host 100 million digital users an hour.
March 28, 2022 Department of the Air Force budget proposal focuses on transformation, modernization While transformation and modernization are needed in real time, the 2023 fiscal year proposal is designed to build momentum for additional transformation in future budgets.
March 28, 2022 RFView adds realism to combat pilot simulator training An enhancement for pilot simulator training to add high-fidelity, physics-based, real-time modeling and simulation feature of real-world terrain, targets, and EW effects seeks to accelerate the delivery of combat-ready aviators to field units.
March 25, 2022 Data Hackathon evolves to accelerate change “Problem solvers” (also referred to as “hackers”) and “problem owners,” met together virtually and in person at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., March 14-18 for the Air Force Test Center’s second Data Hackathon Event. Participants from a multitude of career fields across AFTC, the 412th Test Wing at