Feb. 19, 2020 Grey Wolf begins testing The Air Force’s newest helicopter, the MH-139A Grey Wolf, completed its first combined test flight here Feb. 11.
Feb. 19, 2020 2020 to be pivotal year in maintenance, logistics training transformation The 82nd delivers more than 65,000 graduates annually in more than 900 maintenance, logistics, civil engineering and some cyber and missile maintenance courses. These courses cover not only initial skills training, but advanced and specialty courses delivered at 60 locations around the globe.
Feb. 11, 2020 Precision Attack Sniper IPT wins DOD level award ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – When most U.S. Air Force fighter and bomber aircraft need to strike a target, they rely on the Sniper Pod, which provides long-range detection/identification of targets, as well as surveillance for all missions, including close air support of ground troops. The Precision
Feb. 5, 2020 AFRL’s Epidemiology Lab supports world health officials in flu vaccine development WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The United States is currently in the midst of influenza season, but the medical readiness of Airmen across the Air Force is being supported by a DOD-wide respiratory pathogen surveillance program located at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace
Feb. 5, 2020 Door opener adds surprise lethality for K9 unit Military Working Dogs can exit vehicle by themselves to assist partner.
Jan. 31, 2020 Center acquires new executive aircraft TINKER AFB, OKLAHOMA (AFLCMC) – On January 30, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Commercial Derivative Aircraft Division, awarded a firm-fixed price sole source delivery order for two C-37B aircraft from Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, which will deliver by the end of FY21, expanding the
Jan. 30, 2020 AFMC, ACC expand weapons system collaboration Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander, Air Force Materiel Command and Gen. Mike Holmes, commander, Air Combat Command, signed a memorandum of agreement establishing the Lead Wing Collaboration Program during the Technology and Acquisition Sustainment Review Conference, Jan. 29 at Joint Base
Jan. 29, 2020 AFRL, partners develop innovative tools to accelerate composites certification at new materials research facility WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In partnership with industry, a team of Air Force Research Laboratory/Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) personnel are developing the capability to accelerate certification of advanced manufactured composite structures.The Materials Solutions
Jan. 28, 2020 AFRL and Blue Origin partner on test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine development EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here.Capital improvements, funded by Blue Origin, will allow BE-7 testing in a simulated space-like environment.
Jan. 20, 2020 Next-generation gaming capabilities to augment integration, training WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Advanced Tactical Acquisition Corps (ATAC) in partnership with AFWERX, is assisting the Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability Office (AFWIC) in its search for the next-generation gaming technology that will help improve joint warfighter integration