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May 14, 2019Air Force completes test of combat support innovation
        The Combat Support Wing proof-of-concept capstone exercise developed by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and hosted by Air Combat Command’s 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, tested the ability of three teams of about 30 Airmen each to establish 

    May 13, 2019AFRL matching tech to needs with international partners
        A group of AFRL scientists and engineers, hosted by Dr. Ehud Galun of the Israel Ministry of Defense, visited universities throughout Israel to learn about their technology focus areas and explore areas of common interest. The group included seven representatives from the European Office of 

    May 12, 2019CPI office augments mission effectiveness, efficiency
        Sometimes it takes an outsider’s perspective to discover a new way of thinking about a work process to make it more efficient and effective in execution.For the Air Force Materiel Command Continued Process Improvement team, the ‘outsider perspective’ is the heart and soul of their Air Force mission, 

    May 9, 2019AERONet prototype could provide combat insight to allies
        The Airborne Extensible Relay Over-Horizon Network, or AERONet, digitally links friendly forces, providing them with their own location, the location of other friendly forces and real-time enemy movement updates. It will be showcased to partner nations at the Bold Quest exercise in Finland this 

    May 7, 2019Air Force successfully launches satellites from New Zealand on Electron Rocket
        The DoD Space Test Program, under Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center, procured the mission in partnership with Defense Innovation Unit as part of the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative. This initiative leveraged DIU’s Commercial Solutions Opening process to competitively and 

    May 2, 2019818th MSAS, Burkinabé Partnership: Restoring Rotary Wing Capability
        The 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron sent a rotary wing maintenance and operations mobile training team to Burkina Faso, Africa, April 5-20 to train and aid the partner nation in identifying the cause of significant mechanical issues impacting the Burkina Faso air force’s UH-1H helicopter 

    May 2, 2019HQ ARPC streamlines retirement application process
        Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center released a web-based application April 29 enabling retired Guard and Reserve Airmen to more easily apply for retirement pay and benefits. 

    May 1, 2019FAA grants AFRL waiver to operate SkyVision technology to advance UAS research
        The Air Force Research Laboratory in partnership with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has achieved its goal of establishing a test site within one hour of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio from which AFRL researchers can fly Unmanned Aerial Vehicles from beyond their visual line of 

    April 25, 2019JSTARS design fixture tool, saves Air Force estimated $500K yearly
        The cowling fixture table, an approved tool intended for field-level repairs, was a response to a challenge set by leadership. 

    April 25, 2019AFRL commander introduces new AF Science, Technology Strategy
        The commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory presented highlights of the new Air Force Science and Technology Strategy for 2030 and beyond to members of the local media April 18 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. 

    April 24, 20191st WXG’s virtual training brings real benefits
        Airmen assigned to the 1st Weather Group are rolling out virtual reality training tailored to the needs of the Air Force Weather community, allowing them to train faster and smarter.Delivered in March, 1st WXG’s NextGen Environmental Weather Training System simulates setting up and assembling a 

    April 18, 2019Beale AFB ISR group connects Airmen to commercial innovators at Collider Demo
        Obstacles plague Airmen from all ranks and occupations across the operational Air Force; some obstacles require simple solutions and others need assistance from an outside source. 

    April 17, 2019New Air Force Science & Technology Strategy puts focus on speed
        Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson unveiled a new and ambitious Science and Technology Strategy designed to better identify, develop and deploy breakthrough technologies, April 17. 

    April 16, 2019Vice chief visit focuses on faster, more lethal Air Force
        Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. Wilson visited AFWERX-Austin and Pilot Training Next in Austin, April 9, to see how Air Force innovation initiatives are shaping tomorrow’s Air Force. 

    April 11, 2019I-WEPTAC delivers third straight year of innovation
        More than 1,000 Air Force senior leaders, mission support leaders from across the force and members of the JBSA community heard how the four MAWGs would tackle challenges based on this year’s topic of “The Installation as a Weapons System.” 

    April 11, 2019Using dynamite and TNT to enhance nuclear mission
        With the assistance and expertise of explosive ordnance disposal Airmen from the 45th Civil Engineer Squadron, AFTAC’s Systems Development Directorate personnel tested a new system to determine if their creative ingenuity could be operationally deployed in the field. 

    April 11, 2019AFIMSC partners with industry for future success
        That was the message delivered by presenters during the annual Air Force Installation and Mission Support Industry Day held in conjunction with AFIMSC’s Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 9. 

    April 11, 2019AFSPC Commander highlights Joint, Coalition warfighters at Space Symposium
        The leader of Air Force Space Command and the Joint Force Space Component Command spoke to members of the international space community, industry and media at the 35th Space Symposium April 9. 

    April 10, 2019ACE helps programs avoid risk and grows managers
        When the Combat Search And Rescue mission-planning application needed modernization, its program managers turned to the Acquisition Center of Excellence at Hanscom Air Force Base to chart a process for fast fielding using CSAR Airmen’s frequent input. 

    April 10, 2019New mobile app enables, engages, empowers Airmen
        The Air Force now has an enterprise-wide mobile app designed to provide Airmen with streamlined access to information they need for their lives and careers. 

    April 10, 2019Ensuring unity of effort moving wounded warfighters from combat to care
        Optimizing the care and safe transport of wounded warfighters while moving from point of injury to the final destination was the focus of the more than 200 participants attending the annual Global Patient Movement Joint Advisory Board held at Scott Air Force Base, April 2. 

    April 9, 2019CSAF stresses importance of mission support role at I-WEPTAC
        The Air Force’s top general stressed the installation and mission support community’s role in the National Defense Strategy when he kicked off the 3rd Annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference, or I-WEPTAC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, April 8. 

    April 9, 2019Robotic system advances minimally invasive surgery
        The 99th Surgical Operations Squadron, or MSGS, performed their first robotic general surgery using the da Vinci Surgery System, April 3, at the Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center at Nellis Air Force Base. 

    April 5, 2019Air Force PEAT lead visits Joint Base Langley-Eustis
        The Air Force Physiological Episodes Action team lead visited the NASA Langley Research Center March 28, to discuss the importance of an ongoing pilot breathing assessment  with senior Air Combat Command health officials and NASA engineers. 

    April 5, 2019Medical Airmen work to improve patient care efficiency in Afghanistan
        Medical professionals at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital, or CJTH, at Bagram Airfield are working to make positive impacts during their deployment so future patients and providers can benefit. 

    April 5, 2019Military to bring eye care to front lines with mobile app
        Eye injuries in a deployed setting can be a significant setback for any Airman, but new telemedicine capabilities are helping to keep them in the fight. With funding from the 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Air Force and Army medical researchers are developing a HIPAA-compliant 

    April 4, 2019USSTRATCOM announces initial operational capability of NC3 Enterprise Center
        U.S. Strategic Command officials formally declared initial operational capability of the Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Center, or NEC, April 3. 

    April 1, 2019New direction for female-specific flight equipment
        The Air Force is working to redesign the gear used by female pilots across the force after facing challenges with current flight equipment. 

    April 1, 2019Firefighter training goes virtual
        Firefighters train weekly to maintain readiness, so when the call comes to put their lives at risk for the people they serve, they are prepared.Whether in training or on a live fire, they are susceptible to various carcinogenic toxins - until now. 

    March 30, 2019RAF partners with PTN to innovate pilot training pipeline
        It’s been said that “seeing is believing” and after a visit last May to the Pilot Training Next facility in Austin and facing a pilot shortage, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force is taking innovation to the next level with the inclusion of a student and an instructor pilot in the second iteration 

    March 27, 2019Skyborg program seeks industry input for artificial intelligence initiative
        The Air Force office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation at the Air Force Research Laboratory is working on fielding a prototype Autonomous, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle as an Early Operational Capability as early as 2023. 

    March 19, 2019B-1B returns to Arnold Air Force Base for store separation testing
        It had been nearly 20 years since a test involving the B-1B Lancer aircraft was conducted by Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base. This long absence recently came to an end, as a 10-percent model of the bomber is now being used to conduct a series of store separation tests 

    March 19, 2019International environment, innovation to headline 21st-century pilot training
        The 77th meeting of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Steering Committee, which is the governing body of the world’s only internationally manned and operated pilot training program, was held at Sheppard Air Force Base, March 11-15, to give representatives from partner nations an opportunity to 

    March 14, 2019PTN innovations move to undergraduate pilot training
        Beginning May 31, 2019, flying training wings across Air Education and Training Command will formally begin integrating innovations from Pilot Training Next into the undergraduate pilot training curriculum, 19th Air Force officials announced at the PTN Technology Expo held March 12-13. 

    March 13, 20194th Special Operations Squadron receives first AC-130J Ghostrider
        The 4th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, is now home to Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest aircraft – the Block 30 AC-130J Ghostrider gunship.Similar to the Block 20 AC-130Js flown by the 73rd Special Operations Squadron, the Block 30 upgrade marks a major improvement in 

    March 12, 201920th IS initiative brings first fully-operational Spark Hub to Offutt AFB
        In June 2018, five members from the 20th Intelligence Squadron, part of the 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, began building a network of like-minded Airmen to out-innovate U.S. adversaries. 

    March 8, 2019Inaugural Air Force Pitch Day: New contracts, new partners
        The Air Force awarded 51 companies contracts with a total initial value of $8.75 million in a matter of minutes at the Inaugural Air Force Pitch Day event held March 6-7, in New York City. 

    March 7, 2019Emerging Technologies CTF conducts first autonomous flight test
        The 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force conducted its first autonomy flight test Feb. 26-28. 

    March 4, 201916th TRS puts control of learning in students' hands
        Ensuring Airmen are ready to meet the joint-warfighting needs of today’s dynamic security environment in a way that moves with 21st century speed is a challenge faced in every training environment in Air Education and Training Command. 

    March 4, 2019Innovation Rodeo moves ideas closer to reality
        Three innovative ideas to support worldwide warfighter success are one step closer to reality today thanks to the first Air Force Innovation Rodeo, $650,000 in total seed money and a partnership with AFWERX and tech accelerator companies. 

    March 1, 2019Air Force invites 59 small businesses, start-ups to Air Force Pitch Day
        The Air Force is inviting 59 small businesses and start-ups to pitch live at the first Air Force Pitch Day hosted in New York March 6 and 7. 

    Feb. 28, 2019Spangdahlem AB master sergeant wins Spark Tank competition
        Master Sgt. Jonathan Maas assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, was named the 2019 Spark Tank winner during the Air Force’s Spark Tank competition at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 28, in Orlando. 

    Feb. 27, 2019EQ-4 Global Hawk Controlled‘Beyond Line of Sight’
        One of the assets flying missions from Al Dhafra Air Base, is the EQ-4 Global Hawk. This remotely piloted aircraft previously required coordination with other bases to control it while in the air. Now by utilizing technology this process can be conducted locally. 

    Feb. 26, 2019Wide area detection among eight finalists for AFIMSC’s inaugural ‘Innovation Rodeo’
        John Shackell, a force protection business consultant with the Air Force Security Forces Center at JBSA-Lackland, once had an idea “before its time.” 

    Feb. 25, 2019Industry gets schooled on MDC2
        Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, projected its quiet power during the Multi-Domain Command and Control (MDC2) Industry Day, Feb. 20, at the Minuteman Educational Center, according to speaker Eileen Vidrine, the Air Force's chief data officer. 

    Feb. 22, 2019Air Force awards $739M launch service contracts
        The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, awarded two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch service contracts Feb. 19. 

    Feb. 21, 2019AFWERX, Techstars announce 10 companies to participate in tech accelerator
        The 10 companies the Air Force and Techstars selected to participate in an in-residence technology accelerator program during the AFWERX 2019 Techstars Autonomous Technology Accelerator in Boston last month began the program Feb. 18. 

    Feb. 20, 2019Financial Operations workshop features innovation
        Tech. Sgt. Samuel Spaethe used to spend hours upon hours completing work as a financial services technician, often working weeknights until 7 p.m. and then on Saturdays just to get the job done. 

    Feb. 15, 2019Conventional Rotary Launcher upgrade tested
        An upgrade to the B-52 Stratofortress and the Conventional Rotary Launcher was tested, Feb. 11. The change is designed to increase mission flexibility and make the B-52 more lethal in a combat environment. 

    Feb. 14, 2019Vandenberg AFB civilians save the Air Force $1 billion
        Three 30th Contracting Squadron civilians saved $1 billion for the Air Force here January 2012 through January 2019. 

    Feb. 13, 20198th MDOS polishes readiness with 3D tech
        The 8th Medical Operations Squadron Dental Flight ensures all Kunsan service members have the brightest smile and best teeth with efficiency, comfort, and new technology to facilitate a quick return to duty after procedures. 

    Feb. 8, 2019Services improve interoperability through common data standards
        All three military service secretaries signed a memorandum requiring common standards of information‐sharing across domains in future weapons systems. 

    Feb. 4, 2019Stealth pilots, high school students create innovative part for $2.2 billion aircraft
        Across the Air Force, changes to equipment, policies and procedures have been made to save money, to save time and to save lives. From the highest levels, Airmen across the service are being encouraged to innovate. It’s this innovation that will deliver lethality to outpace adversaries, says Air 

    Feb. 1, 2019AFLCMC aids Kessel Run in recruiting new rebels
        An innovative effort to speed up talent acquisition for the Air Force compressed a months-long employment process to just weeks, when 28 on-the-spot job offers were made to candidates at the Kessel Run hiring event in Boston held January 23-24. 

    Jan. 30, 2019Registration opens for 3rd annual I-WEPTAC
        The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center announces registration for the third annual Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference is open. 

    Jan. 30, 2019Virtual training platform maintains, improves military surgeons' skills
        It is vital for medical Airmen to continuously maintain and improve their skills. To access more training opportunities, military surgeons are looking to virtual training platforms. The Air Force is working with sister services to study a virtual training platform called Crowd-Sourced Assessment of 

    Jan. 29, 2019Air Force announces 2019 Spark Tank finalists
        The Air Force recently announced the 2019 Spark Tank finalists who will showcase their innovative ideas to Air Force senior leaders Feb. 28, in Orlando, Florida, at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium. 

    Jan. 24, 2019Joint Simulation Environment inches closer to reality
        The 412th Electronic Warfare Group is one step closer to bringing the Joint Simulation Environment to life at Edwards Air Force Base. The 412th EWG recently began work to pave the way for ultimately building a new facility to house the JSE. 

    Jan. 23, 2019Share your adventure
        Many Air Force reservists chat about their duty weekends with others, but that talk can be part of the “Get 1 Now” program to keep the Air Force Reserve strong by reaching new potential recruits. 

    Jan. 22, 2019Offutt hub for new Air Force comptroller software
        The 55th Comptroller Squadron Financial Management Flight recently began testing a new scanning software, EPHESOFT. The software is used to send documentation to the Air Force Financial Services Center at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, responsible for the processing and payment of temporary 

    Jan. 22, 2019Air Force Research Laboratory, partnered with Wright Brothers Institute, announce International “Swarm and Search AI Challenge”
        The Air Force Research Laboratory, United Kingdom Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, or DSTL, in collaboration with Wright Brothers Institute and University of Dayton Research Institute, announced, the “Swarm and Search AI Challenge: 2019 Fire Hack.” The challenge will explore new, efficient 

    Jan. 18, 2019Virtual, augmented reality may hold key to future Air Force training
        A demonstration of how virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) can benefit Air Force training processes took place Jan. 8.The demonstration was geared toward Airmen within the aircraft armament systems and munition systems, and gave a glimpse of how VR/AR applications can aid in providing an 

    Jan. 17, 2019AFLCMC team working to acquire next generation fixed-wing helmet
        The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Human Systems Division working with members of the Advanced Tactical Acquisition Corps or ATAC, one of the center’s premier leadership development programs, are in the early stages of acquiring the next generation helmet for aircrews in fixed-wing 

    Jan. 16, 2019Air Force boosts cooperative technology development to solve warfighter challenges
        The Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program is in the midst of a major transformation to accelerate critical new technologies to the warfighter, which includes a renewed emphasis on STTR projects. 

    Jan. 16, 2019Keesler AFB unveils innovative classroom environment for ‘Mach 21 Airmen’
        The 81st Training Support Squadron held a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by an open house celebrating the completion of the SCALE-UP renovation project in Alee Hall Jan. 10 at Keesler Air Force Base. SCALE-UP stands for Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies. 

    Jan. 15, 2019Inaugural Vice Chief’s Challenge seeks game-changing innovations
        The Air Force is continuing to look to its Airmen to create innovative solutions to the service’s trickiest challenges, this time specifically seeking their help to improve multi-domain operations. 

    Jan. 15, 2019Embracing change: 55th CG builds Developmental Program, Warhawk Thinking Facility
        Through the collective efforts of its group and squadrons’ leadership, the 55th Communications Group stood up a new development program in order to ease the career field’s pivot from traditional information technology to cyber defense operations. 

    Jan. 11, 2019New AFIMSC office stresses ideas, innovation and implementation
        Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s new Innovation Office stood up Nov. 26 

    Jan. 11, 2019Email in the cloud: CHES phase 1 completion
        On Nov. 8, 2018, the Air Force Network Integration Center, or AFNIC, concluded the first phase of the Air Force’s transition to Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services, completing the migration of 555,000 continental U.S. based Air Force hosted e-mail accounts to a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration 

    Jan. 7, 2019BRICE app simplifies maintenance action, saves time
        The Air Force Reserve went live with an app that is expected to save time and stress for aircraft maintainers late last year, with an estimated 100 users to be enrolled by February. 

    Jan. 3, 2019Innovation in tight spaces
        As Hurricane Michael churned toward the Emerald Coast of Florida, F-35A Lightning IIs from the 33rd Fighter Wing evacuated to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, to avoid the storm’s path and potential catastrophic damage. As Michael passed, narrowly missing Eglin AFB, a different type of storm 

    Jan. 3, 201919th AF, AFWERX collaborate on “Learning Next” flying training initiatives
        Key stakeholders for three 19th Air Force flying training pipelines gathered at the Las Vegas AFWERX facility in January to identify key problem areas and determine executable solutions for the start of the command’s “Learning Next” initiatives. 

    Dec. 21, 2018Hacking road map to physiological episodes mitigation in Air Force
        The Air Force Physiological Episodes Action Team, or AF PEAT, recently held a “hackathon” to update the service-wide road map to mitigate physiological episodes. Hackathons are sprint-like events where subject matter experts collaborate intensively to solve problems or establish a course of action. 

    Dec. 20, 2018AFRL leverages Squadron Innovation Funds to develop Human-Centered Data Analytics Environment
        Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing here are utilizing a new funding authority to begin designing and building a Human-Centered Data Analytics Environment that will help them store and operationalize huge amounts of both research and operational data. 

    Dec. 20, 2018Innovation enhancing mission for Air Force’s largest air mobility wing
        Airmen at Travis Air Force Base are implementing innovative strategies to reduce man hours and increase mission effectiveness.Over the past several months, the base has implemented a variety of innovations including 3D printing and 3D scanning. 

    Dec. 18, 2018AFWERX hosts Spark Cell workshop to share ideas, build innovation network
        Airmen from across the Air Force gathered in Austin  Dec. 13 and 14 to learn about the Department of Defense’s innovation ecosystem and the best ways to plug into the overall culture of innovation at every level of the total force. 

    Dec. 13, 2018AFIMSC Innovation Office seeks game-changing ideas
        The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Office will launch a program in the new year to help Airmen implement their innovative ideas. The campaign, open Jan. 1-31, 2019, gives military and civilian members of mission support groups worldwide a chance to fund their ideas and 

    Dec. 11, 2018Air Force Academy cadets have role in creating DoD’s 1st large stealth target drone
        Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy are working with aerospace instructors and industry partners to develop the Defense Department’s first large stealth target drone to test missile tracking systems. 

    Dec. 7, 2018Nuclear bomb tail kit reaches major milestone for production phase
        The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center received formal approval in late October to enter the production phase for the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb’s new guided tail-kit assembly, or TKA. 

    Dec. 7, 2018Mathematician inducted into Space and Missiles Pioneers Hall of Fame
        Lt. Gen. David Thompson, Air Force Space Command vice commander, presented Dr. Gladys West with the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers award for her decades of contributions to the Air Force’s space program. West was unable to attend the formal induction ceremony that took place Aug. 28, where 

    Dec. 4, 2018Maker Hub, AFRL “sprint” to innovation
        To build strength and endurance, athletes perform “intervals” or short, intense periods of exertion designed for maximum benefit in the shortest time possible. Thanks to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Maker Hub at the Wright Brothers Institute, that same kind of benefit is possible for some of 

    Dec. 4, 2018Mission assurance: One Airman's idea has potential to improve entire Air Force
        An Airman from the 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing stepped outside the box this spring and proposed an idea that significantly improved local mission assurance. Thanks to a platform set up by the 363rd ISRW leadership team, he was able to pursue his idea and benefit not only 

    Nov. 30, 2018AFMC capability roadmap key to evolutionary supply chain risk management
        A comprehensive, cohesive capability roadmap for supply chain risk management, or SCRM, is the driving force behind the work of a cross-functional team led by the Air Force Materiel Command’s Logistics, Civil Engineering, Force Protection and Nuclear Integration Directorate. 

    Nov. 28, 2018Air Force Spark Tank winning idea takes next step at 97th AMW
        Positioned next to every KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator in training is an instructor lying on a pad in the boom pod guiding them through training. 

    Nov. 27, 2018Global Hawk testers raise their hand
        At the commander’s call on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert stated that “Innovation is an Airmen, at any level, raising their hand to say, ‘I’ve got a better way to do business.’”The 452nd Flight Test Squadron is currently in the process of challenging the way the base 

    Nov. 21, 2018Air Force’s focus on readiness yields results, highlights innovation, problem solving
        From a distance, the idea – and operational meaning – of “readiness” for the U.S. Air Force seems straightforward. Be prepared. Have all the equipment, training and personnel necessary to accomplish any mission quickly, efficiently and decisively. It means being primed, prepared and available for 

    Nov. 14, 2018AFMC unleashes $4.6M in FY18 Squadron Innovation Funds
        When Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein asked leaders to “unleash the brilliance in our Airmen,” Air Force Materiel Command answered the call, executing more than $4.6 million in Squadron Innovation Funds in fiscal year 2018. 

    Nov. 6, 2018Kunsan Air Base revitalizes energy utilization
        The 8th Civil Engineer Squadron has launched its latest project to help Kunsan Air Base take its first steps in becoming more energy efficient and environmentally conscious by rolling out phase one of an infrastructure refresh plan with assistance from the Energy Savings Performance Contract. 

    Nov. 1, 2018Little Rock AFB hosts Arkansas’ largest STEM Fest
        Little Rock Air Force Base hosted Arkansas’ largest Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics festival in conjunction with the Thunder Over the Rock Air and Space Show, with a field trip day Oct. 26 that drew more than 20,000 attendees, over 13,000 of whom were students. 

    Oct. 31, 2018AMC’s Phoenix Spark Tank competition recognizes innovation
        Air Mobility Command held its first-ever Phoenix Spark Tank competition at the Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium in Grapevine, Texas, where four finalists proposed their innovation ideas to top Air Force leaders and the president of VOX Space Oct. 26. 

    Oct. 29, 2018JCAT Airman uses combat forensics to evolve the AFCENT mission
        The ideal outcome of any conflict is to achieve victory and come out the other side unscathed. However, an undesired outcome does not mean lessons cannot be learned and applied for future conflicts. The United States military has used this mentality since its inception and applies it today in the 

    Oct. 26, 2018Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium welcomes 900 mobility professionals
        The 50th Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium and technology convention kicked off Oct. 25 near Dallas, Texas, where Air Mobility Command aims to develop Total Force mobility professionals across the world. 

    Oct. 25, 2018FYI: Continuum of Learning
        The Continuum of Learning initiative is a shift to better focus how Airmen learn by integrating education, training and experience in ways that allow them to learn anytime, anywhere throughout their careers. The end goal is to create a culture of lifelong learning. FYI- For all the stuff you need to 

    Oct. 25, 2018Spark Cell: Columbus AFB opens up creative space for innovators
        The 14th Flying Training Wing’s senior leadership and innovation team opened the Spark Cell’s Innovation Lab Oct. 19, at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. 

    Oct. 23, 2018Help save billions through Fraud Working Group
        The ability to spot fraud during weapons systems acquisition will be the focus of an upcoming Northeast Fraud Working Group meeting Oct. 30. 

    Oct. 16, 2018Cyber Airmen fuel innovation
        Cyber Airmen assigned to the 557th Weather Wing recently teamed with the Defense Innovation Unit program to improve how airborne tankers’ scheduling. 

    Oct. 5, 2018New tech to ease F-35A flight line maintenance
        Maintainers on Hill Air Force Base’s flight line are beginning to utilize new high-tech, hand-held tablets to work on the F-35A Lightning II, the United States’ most advanced multi-role fighter aircraft. 

    Oct. 4, 2018Air Force designates GO1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A
        The Air Force has designated the GOLauncher1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A. The vehicle is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, High Speed Systems Division. 

    Oct. 1, 2018Combat Support Wing exercise showcases agile lethality
        More than 150 Airmen from seven major commands participated in a combat support wing proof-of-concept exercise Sept. 5 to 19 that tested a small team’s capability to conduct agile downrange operations. The exercise, conducted at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, with forward deployments to Moody Air 

    Sept. 27, 2018Airmen receive Gen. Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award during AFA ceremony
        Capt. Michael Kanaan, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance enterprise lead, was presented with the Gen. Larry O. Spencer Award during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Sept. 17, in National Harbor, Maryland.3

        


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