April 6, 2020 Air Force releases guidance on use of cloth face covers To the extent practical, without significantly impacting mission, all individuals on Department of the Air Force property, installations and facilities are required to wear cloth face coverings when they cannot maintain six feet of physical distance in public areas or work centers.
March 25, 2020 Air Force Works with Project Owners to Protect Health of Airmen and Families Amid COVID-19 Outbreak With the evolving COVID-19 situation, privatized housing project owners have assured the Air Force that emergency and urgent workorders should and will continue to be addressed while routine maintenance has been temporarily suspended for many privatized projects. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center
March 24, 2020 A statement from Dr. Roper on COVID-19 A statement from Dr. Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics on COVID-19.
Jan. 3, 2020 AFRL hosts summit on pilot safety, sensor technology DAYTON, Ohio – The inaugural Physiological Episodes Mitigation Technology Summit and Industry Day, hosted by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing, was held Dec. 17-18 at the Wright Brothers Institute’s Small Business Hub downtown.The event brought in over 150 participants
Nov. 27, 2019 Safety: A key component in any good holiday celebration The Air Forces top three leaders highlighted winter and holiday safety hazards in a recently released tri-signature memorandum.
Nov. 20, 2019 Tips to keep you safe for Thanksgiving Preparing for the Thanksgiving can joyous and hectic. However, it doesn’t have to be dangerous. Hill Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services provided the following simple safety tips to keep you safe from fire for the holiday.
Oct. 25, 2019 Safe from sound? AFRL experts collect data inside hardened aircraft shelters around the world WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Acoustics researchers in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing are collecting and delivering acoustics data from hardened aircraft shelters around the world—data that customers can then use to certify that F-35 fast-jet airframes and
Oct. 2, 2019 Air Force joins other services to address military privatized housing The Air Force is working on numerous initiatives to address the health, safety and quality concerns of service members and their families living in privatized housing. These initiatives are grouped along five major lines of effort.
Sept. 3, 2019 NOAA offers hurricane safety tips, resources The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offers tips to help prepare for hurricanes.
Aug. 21, 2019 C-130 rainbow fitting inspections near completion Thanks to early detection by Air Force Materiel Command aircraft maintenance and engineering professionals and quick implementation of a fleet-wide time compliance technical order, C-130 maintainers have inspected and verified the viability of 108 of the 123 affected aircrafts’ lower center wing