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  • Air Force leaders say increased funding is improving readiness

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein thanked Congress for providing the resources necessary to restore the service’s readiness while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support Oct. 10.
  • Approximately 30 budget analysts and financial experts validate end-of-year close out activities from a war room located at AFIMSC headquarters in San Antonio. The nerve center increased the team’s capabilities to quickly validate requirements, ensuring the next available dollar was placed against the next most important requirement. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Ed Shannon)

    AFIMSC completes historic fiscal year closeout

    The Air Force executed a record $6.9 billion in the installation and mission support portfolio during fiscal 2018, nearly $1 billion more than last year, and culminating in a successful, historic fiscal year close out.
  • Secretary of the Air Force urges innovation in software acquisition model

    Secretary of the Air Force urges innovation in software acquisition model

    The process used by the Air Force to acquire software is archaic and needs to modernize now if the service is to win in a peer-to-peer conflict, said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. The secretary made those observations and gave a glimpse into the future of software acquisition during her keynote presentation Aug. 27 at the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Conference in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward L. Vaughan, head of the Air Force Unexplained Physiological Events Integration Team (UPE IT) and Rear Adm. Fredrick R. Luchtman, Navy Physiological Episodes Action Team (PEAT) lead, discuss ongoing efforts to minimize the risk of Physiological Episodes (PEs). The Navy and Air Force relationship enables the development of joint solutions to achieve a better understanding of the cockpit environment and oxygen systems to keep our aircrews safe. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Scot Cregan/Released

    ANG general to lead UPE Integration Team

    What do unexplained physiological events and a recent promotion have in common? The answer is Edward Vaughan who recently promoted to brigadier general and named by the active-duty component to lead a UPE integration team.

  • AFAS to award more than $6 million in annual grants, scholarships

    The Air Force Aid Society will award more than $6 million in Gen. Henry Hap Arnold education grants and AFAS merit scholarships to the dependents of active duty and retired Airmen.

  • Air Force seeks Sijan award nominations

    Air Force officials are accepting nominations for the 2018 Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award through Aug. 31.
  • Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein visits Boeing Field in Seattle, where the KC-46 Pegasus tanker is under development. The KC-46 program achieved an important milestone July 6, 2018, at Boeing Field, with completion of the final flight tests required for first aircraft delivery to the U.S. Air Force. (Courtesy photo)

    KC-46 completes flight testing required for October first aircraft delivery

    The KC-46 Pegasus program achieved an important milestone July 6, 2018, at Boeing Field, Seattle, with completion of the final flight tests required for first aircraft delivery planned in late October.
  • The Air Force Research Laboratory’s remote station allows access to scientific instruments located at OSU. This permits access to CEMAS facilities while maximizing efficiency.(Courtesy photo)

    AFRL collaborates with OSU on $3M congressional microscopy program

    The Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and The Ohio State University’s Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis have a congressionally directed collaborative research agreement in the works.

  • AFIT prepares nuclear enterprise to deal with any scenario

    With talk of nuclear weapons returning to Americans’ everyday conversations, it might be excusable for the average person to think that the technology somehow had left the mainstream; this couldn’t be further from the truth.
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