May 1, 2020 “Wise Guy” arrives at Tinker “Wise Guy,” B-52H Stratofortress tail number 60-034, arrived at Tinker Air Force Base April 1 to undergo programmed depot maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex.PDM is the final part of a three-phase process to regenerate the aircraft and deliver rapid, effective, affordable combat
May 1, 2020 SECAF tours Hill missions to view operational capabilities during pandemic Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett visited Hill Air Force Base April 30 in order to get a firsthand look at critical mission activities here and how the base was operating under current restrictions due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
May 1, 2020 F-15 swap accomplished amid pandemic Four pilots from the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Forces Lakenheath in England flew two F-15 aircraft in need of programmed depot maintenance into the Warner Robins Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 3. Thanks to the work of the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and an
May 1, 2020 AFLCMC directorate awards $330 million contract for C-21 maintenance services TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate awarded a ten-year $330 million contract to Akima Logistics Services – a small business – April 16, to provide organizational and depot level maintenance and other
April 30, 2020 Edwards expands test capabilities with T-7A Distributed Test Operations The T-7A Test Team executed Distributed Test Operations (DTO) in a Mission Control Room at Ridley Mission Control Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California on April 30.
April 30, 2020 A-10 resumes operations after engineers assess battlefield repair WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – An A-10 Warthog damaged in a deployed location was quickly returned to service after a remote engineering assessment while disbursed in response to COVID-19. After a mission, maintenance crews needed to repair battle damage on an A-10 consisting of a bullet hole
April 29, 2020 Under Secretary Manasco visits Tinker AFB The Honorable Shon Manasco, performing the duties of undersecretary of the Air Force, visited the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex on April 29 to observe how the Air Force Sustainment Center continues to meet the needs of the warfighter while overcoming challenges brought on by the coronavirus
April 29, 2020 AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate granted patent for precision ballistic airdrop apparatus, method WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate has received a patent for developing an enhanced precision ballistic airdrop apparatus and method technology.“This technology provides a low-cost method of improving the accuracy of
April 29, 2020 First-ever Air Force Women’s Fly-In goes virtual May 11 Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson will be one of the presenters for the first-ever Air Force Virtual Women’s Fly-In, which will be held live on the Columbus AFB Facebook page from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. central time May 11, 2020. With a nod to female aviation pioneers as the backdrop, the event,
April 29, 2020 Emulation ensures reliability for space domain awareness A Digital Directorate team located at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is working to ensure the Air Force’s space catalog system stays up-to-date.The Space Defense Operations Center system has decades-old hardware, much reaching its end-of-life, and as space gets more contested and congested,