April 25, 2023 Air Force pilots reach new program milestones in electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft Four Air Force pilots remotely flew a Joby electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at the company’s Marina, California, manufacturing facility April 20. They were the first Air Force personnel to assume remote pilot-in-command responsibilities and transition flight for the eVTOL,
Feb. 6, 2023 Thunderbirds conduct winter training at Edwards AFB The Thunderbirds conducted part of their winter training at Edwards AFB, where new enlisted support teams perfected the ground show portion of the demonstration while the pilots perfected their roles in the air.
June 6, 2022 Air Force announces winners of this year’s DAF art contest The Air Force Services Center recently announced the winners of this year’s Air Force Art Contest. More than 2,240 pieces of art submitted from over 1,600 participants of all ages who used a variety of media. Air Force Materiel Command installations had multiple winners in the youth categories.
Nov. 9, 2021 AFTC Airmen spark data solutions at hack-a-thon Various participants, also referred to as “hackers” from the 412th Test Wing in California, the 96th Test Wing in Florida, and Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee combined efforts to create an event that could potentially solve U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School sponsored data
Nov. 1, 2021 Test Trifecta: Orange, Emerald, and Black Flag combine to enhance large-scale test For the first time, the three independently executed Large Force Test Events collaborated in real-time for simultaneous execution focusing on securing electronic data sharing across geographically separated battlespaces to enable long range kill chains.
Oct. 26, 2021 Test Integration: three missions, three views, one goal The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Air Force Test Center, and U.S. Air Force Warfare Center signed a Tri-Center Integrated Test and Evaluation Memorandum of Understanding which focuses on adopting a unified vision for driving integrated test and evaluation.
July 19, 2021 CSAF delivers powerful message in new Air Force commercial Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. delivers a powerful message about air power and diversity in a new Air Force commercial titled “Helmet.”
July 16, 2021 SparkED, innovative mindset fuel problem solving techniques through robotics In 2020, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. stated that his vision for the service is to “Accelerate Change or Lose.”So Airmen from all over the force have charged forward to embrace and further the Air Force culture as innovators.
July 6, 2021 Air Force releases new B-21 Raider artist rendering The Air Force released a new B-21 Raider artist rendering graphic with an accompanying fact sheet today. As with past renderings, this rendering is an artist’s interpretation of the B-21 design.
March 8, 2021 Test like we fight: ‘Orange Flag’, ‘Black Flag’ collaborate to accelerate change Orange Flag, the large force test event carried out three times annually by Air Force Test Center’s 412th Test Wing, combined with the 53rd Wing’s Black Flag, bringing a first for the test community March 2-4.