Oct. 29, 2024 F-35 Enterprise International CDDAR Training Event at Volk Field: A New Era in Crash Recovery In a global first, the F-35 Joint Program Office hosted an advanced Crash Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery (CDDAR) Team Chief Course at Volk Field, Wisconsin.
Nov. 20, 2023 AFIMSC leads new ACE and military pilot training mission beddown project The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is leading a more than $500 million facilities construction project to facilitate expeditionary skills training and military pilot training at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark.
Nov. 17, 2023 Breaking Barriers Together: Warriors over the Wasatch 2024 Hill AFB leaders and airshow officials are preparing now to make next year’s air show bigger and better by adding new demonstrations and by focusing on feedback received from 2022’s event. The 2024 air show, happening June 29-30, is centered around the Breaking Barriers Together theme, meaning we
Nov. 6, 2023 Eglin exercise, maintainers highlighted AF Week in Photos This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force including imagery from the recent readiness exercise and the 96th Maintenance Groups weapons load competition.
June 7, 2023 AFMC innovation team revolutionizing stealth fighter fleet An F-35 from the 461st Flight Test Squadron recently took flight at Edwards AFB with a complement of software applications developed by government and industry providers previously tested on the F-22 – demonstrating for the first time the ability to use the same tactical software applications on
March 21, 2023 Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Naval Sea Cadets get inside look at interservice partnerships Civil Air Patrol and United States Naval Sea Cadets received an up close and personal look at interservice flight operations during a tour of Edwards Air Force Base hosted by the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) Detachment 5, March 17.
Jan. 25, 2023 OC-ALC’s 544th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron Brings Home DoD Award The 544th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron’s F135 Heavy Maintenance Center won the Robert T. Mason Award for Depot Maintenance Excellence, which was presented at the awards banquet held in conjunction with 2022 DoD Maintenance Symposium at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on
Sept. 15, 2022 Tyndall breaks ground on flight line facilities for F-35A mission A groundbreaking ceremony for the single largest military construction contract on record in the Air Force database was held here, Sept. 13, 2022, as Tyndall began construction on flight line facilities to directly support the F-35A Lightning II aircraft and personnel that will call the base home
July 8, 2022 Progress made on a salvaged F-35’s, repurposed for training aids Airmen at Hill AFB are currently involved in transforming a salvaged F-35A fuselage and F-35B cockpit into sectional training aids. Significant progress is being made on the two condemned aircraft, which were both involved in mishaps during the last several years, then scrapped after being
June 27, 2022 Kendall outlines progress on ‘transformation’ tempered by continuing threats, need for ‘urgency’ Offering a report card on the state of transformation across the Air and Space Forces, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said June 24 that progress has been made but more is needed, and the pace of change must quicken to reshape and refocus the services to meet fast evolving global threats.