Empowered Airmen

We live in a world that is driven by rapidly changing technology and an environment that includes aggressive and capable global competitors. Airmen are key to cutting unnecessary bureaucracy, recognizing and understanding our competition, and thinking of creative ways we can reshape the design of our Air Force. The Air Force must accelerate, must change, and must prepare for the future!

This page is dedicated towards highlighting the accomplishments of our talented Airmen at all levels and to show the impact they can make when they are informed and empowered to problem solve and make smart recommendations and decisions.

Accelerate Change or Lose graphic — EMPOWERED AIRMEN ACCELERATE CHANGE ACROSS AIR FORCE

ACC leads radical change to USAF fleet maintenance, management

Air Combat Command is leading efforts to overhaul how the U.S. Air Force does aircraft maintenance and fleet management this spring.

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Empowering Airmen

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Hawaii National Guardsmen transition to thermal imaging to screen incoming passengers at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. - with GFX title

State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, Public Affairs Office

Aug. 6, 2020 | 1:28

Hawaii National Guardsmen who have been screening passengers at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport have received a technological upgrade thanks to the new thermal imaging cameras installed by the Hawaii State Department of Transportation.
The Hawaii Guardsmen who were activated in March to support the statesʻ response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been augmenting the Airport Fire Department.

Chief Martinez Jacobs - Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Fire Department

Until recently the screening was accomplished by a team of four to six Solders and / or Airmen wielding manual thermometers. Passengerʻs temperatures are now monitored by the Hawaii National Guard Soldiers and Airmen via thermal imaging as the travelers and crew exit the jetway. This process cuts the footprint of the Guardsmen down to two per flight and makes the process more efficient, all the while keeping every one socially-distanced. The passengers images are not saved to any system and the image cache is automatically dumped after fifteen to thirty minutes. (U.S. Air National Guard Video by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Jackson)