Sept. 27, 2024 Hill maintenance assists Navy in F-16s Top Gun adversary conversion Members of the 533rd Commodities Maintenance Squadron Local Manufacturing Flight have begun producing more than 100 different parts for the U.S. Navy to upgrade recently acquired F-16 C/D models into Top Gun aggressor aircraft.
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. 6, 2023 Air Force Year in Photos This year's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This annual feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
Aug. 11, 2022 AFRL-developed cross-domain access system expands across federal government SecureView, an Air Force Research Laboratory-developed cross-domain solution that provides access to multiple classified networks from the same device, now has more than 16,000 users throughout the federal government. First deployed in 2011, the user base of this operating system has doubled since
Dec. 11, 2018 31st TES begins F-35 Initial Operational Test and Evaluation The 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron kicked off the Defense Department’s F-35 Lightning II Initial Operational Test and Evaluation with a large force employment sortie from Edwards AFB, California, Dec. 5.
Aug. 15, 2017 Hill, Robins to provide F-35 software sustainment The Air Force Sustainment Center is making plans to establish organic software sustainment capability for the F-35A Lightning II. Vice Adm. Mat Winter, director of the Joint Strike Fighter program, requested Naval Air Systems Command and Air Force Materiel Command develop depot activation plans for
Jan. 11, 2017 Robins ALC completes LAIRCM installations on Navy aircraft Take a group of U.S. Air Force C-5 maintainers fresh from a C-17 project. Team them with C-130 maintenance professionals and what do you get? Success for the U.S. Navy … in the sky.
Aug. 18, 2016 Fat Albert makes a stop at Tinker Fat Albert, the Blue Angels’ C-130 cargo plane used for transporting crew and equipment to air shows around the country, is currently undergoing a chemical de-paint process here at Tinker after severe corrosion was found on it. It will take crews working three continuous shifts to thoroughly clean