|
SR-71 pilots, crew relive absolute speed record
In 1976, it was a different time. The Cold War with the Soviet Union was in full swing and Americans were standing in line to buy gas. That year was also the country’s bicentennial birthday. To celebrate, officials decided to attempt to break some records with an aircraft known as the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
|
0
|
8/09
2016
|
|
Repair Network Integration helps build a better repair network
During periods where mission generation needs exceed local maintenance capabilities, backshops have historically relied on informal contacts and processes to increase capacity. Repair Network Integration, however, offers a single point of contact to help maintenance backshops explore all available supply and repair options to find an optimum solution.
|
0
|
8/03
2016
|
|
|
AF releases new ICBM solicitation
The Air Force released July 29 a request for proposals for its Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system program; up to two contract awards are expected in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017.
|
0
|
7/29
2016
|
|
F-15’s new advanced high-speed mission computer makes first flight
Boeing’s F-15 mission systems recorded its first flight with the Advanced Display Core Processor II at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on July 8.
|
0
|
7/19
2016
|
|
KC-46 completes required flight tests
The successful A-10 mission was the last of six in-flight refueling demonstrations required before the tanker program can request approval from Frank Kendall, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, to award production Lots 1 and 2, totaling 19 KC-46A aircraft.
|
0
|
7/18
2016
|
|
Ogden complex delivers F-35s for units to reach combat readiness
The Ogden Air Logistics Complex recently completed modifications on the 12th F-35A Lightning II for the Air Force's active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing.
|
0
|
7/13
2016
|
|
|
Demo projects show promise in accelerating AF cleanup projects
Two demonstration projects may hold the key to accelerating environmental cleanup efforts at multiple Air Force sites across the country.
|
0
|
7/13
2016
|
|
Airman links deployed operators to human performance experts
Many scientists and engineers go directly from school to laboratories and do not get the opportunity to work side by side with customers who use the products they create. For a behavioral scientist in the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, that’s not the case.
|
0
|
7/12
2016
|
|
|
Researchers use sound to destroy toxic firefighting chemical
The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, in partnership with researchers from the University of Arizona, is exploring an innovative way to dispose of the Air Force's toxic firefighting foam stockpiles -- using only sound waves.
|
0
|
7/12
2016
|
|
Battlefield Airmen use science to beat the heat
Heat-related illness is a critical factor when personnel are operating in extreme temperatures. Dr. Reginald O'Hara and his exercise physiology research team at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are working to reduce that heat stress.
|
0
|
7/08
2016
|