April 24, 2024 Hurry sees Air Force as the ultimate ‘team sport’ For Lt. Gen. Linda Hurry, Air Force Materiel Command Deputy Commander, a life of military service began with an interest in athletics and a chance encounter that led her to join what she considers the ultimate ‘team sport’—the U.S. Air Force.
April 23, 2024 FY23 DAF Annual Safety Awards Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety Maj. Gen. Sean Choquette released the recipients for the fiscal year 2023 Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Safety Awards, as well as the Air and Space Forces Chief of Safety Awards. Air Force Materiel Command units were among the winners.
April 23, 2024 440th Supply Chain Operations Squadron ‘planting the SEED’ toward support equipment readiness with new SharePoint resources Effective support equipment readiness requires seamless communication and training. In alignment with AFMC’s Line of Effort 3 – “Revolutionize our Processes,” the 440th Supply Chain Operations Squadron launched the Support Equipment Enterprise Dashboard, or SEED.
April 23, 2024 Eglin earns DOD award for environmental successes DAF took top honors for its commitment to environmental stewardship in five of nine categories during the 62nd Annual Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards Competition April 22. Eglin AFB, Florida was the recipient of the 2024 Environmental Quality, Non-Industrial Installation award.
April 22, 2024 RAF, RAAF reactivate squadron for F-35 reprogramming mission No. 80 Squadron, which also includes Royal Navy Sailors, was formerly known as the Australia Canada United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory.
April 20, 2024 AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED.
April 19, 2024 Youngest OKC bombing survivor becomes avionics technician at Tinker as ‘my way of helping out’ PJ Allen was just a baby when his grandmother dropped him off at daycare on the fateful day of the Oklahoma City bombing 29 years ago. Since the bombing, he’s developed a passion for aviation and his personal goal to work at Tinker AFB has been fulfilled when he became an Aviation Technician.
April 19, 2024 AFMC Annual Excellence Award winners light up the night The Air Force Materiel Command held their Annual Excellence Awards April 17 to spotlight individuals whose outstanding contributions significantly impacted the command's mission in 2023.
April 18, 2024 AFSFC explores updated non-lethal weapon options for Defender force The Air Force Security Forces Center is continuing its efforts to arm Defenders with the technology and equipment they need to better protect people and resources across the Department of the Air Force.
April 17, 2024 USAF Test Pilot School and DARPA announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent breakthroughs that have launched the machine-learning era within the aerospace industry.