June 9, 2020 Air Force cancels 2020 Marathon, offers virtual option Numerous scenarios were explored to produce an event that was safe for all and met the high event standards. All scenarios led the marathon team to conclude the event would be unable to proceed in a manner that participants have come to expect.
June 9, 2020 T-7A Red Hawk achieves another design goal WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) -- The Air Force is a step closer to finalizing the design for its 4th and 5th Generation Advanced Pilot Trainer, the T-7A Red Hawk. Boeing and the U.S. Air Force recently conducted both the Aircraft Critical Design Review (CDR) and overall System CDR during a
May 28, 2020 Air Force delays OCP mandatory wear-date Several uniform changes scheduled to become mandatory for the Operational Camouflage Pattern and Two-Piece Flight Duty Uniform June 1, are delayed to Sept. 1.
May 25, 2020 Fitness testing suspended until Oct. 1 The change, which is an update from the original June 1 resume date, is effective immediately.
May 11, 2020 World-unique tire testing capability saves millions for warfighters At the Air Force Test Center’s Landing Gear Test Facility located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, engineers have developed a new, one-of-a-kind test capability that can identify, characterize and classify tire wear under realistic operational conditions—saving thousands per tire over the
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 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 AFRL adapts PJ tactics for COVID-19 monitoring WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory is leveraging tactics from the Air Force pararescue (PJ) community, employing a new tool that can monitor multiple patients’ vital signs, helping to alleviate the lean doctor-to-patient ratio that many medical facilities are