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    AFMC virtual town hall addresses COVID-19, diversity, command future

    Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., AFMC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Stanley C. Cadell, AFMC command chief, addressed questions in front of a live, virtual audience during the event streamed live on the AFMC Facebook page.

  • Air Force recognizes Safe and Sound Week

    For the third year in a row, the United States Air Force is partnering with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to promote Safe and Sound Week. Taking place Aug. 10-16, this annual event raises awareness for workplace safety and serves as a reminder to find and fix workplace hazards before they become an issue.
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    36th CRG hosts exercise Machete Green

    The exercise objectives were to open an airfield in a hostile and contested environment that teamed service members from the 36th Contingency Response Group and the U.S. Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25.

  • Air Force improves assignment process for co-parents, considers custody agreements

    Assignment authorities will now be able to consider requests for an assignment or deferment to a location near their children, even if the co-parents are not married.
  • A photo of an AFWERX cartoonist sketch during Brig. Gen. Patrice Melancon’s, Tyndall Program Management Office executive director, keynote speech at the virtual AFWERX Fusion 2020 Base of the Future event July 28, 2020.

    AFWERX event spotlights Tyndall AFB as base of future

    AFWERX is the Air Force's team of innovators who encourage and facilitate connections across industry, academia and the military to create transformative opportunities and foster a culture of innovation.
  • U.S. Airmen assigned to the 22nd Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, park the emergency vehicles they delivered to Managua, Nicaragua, July 26, 2020. The aircrew delivered humanitarian aid to Nicaragua in support of the Denton Program, a transportation program that allows non-government organizations to donate humanitarian aid to developing countries. (Courtesy photo)

    Mobility Airmen transport humanitarian aid to Nicaragua

    The Denton Program is an unfunded government program that allows non-government organizations to donate humanitarian aid for movement by the U.S. Air Force on training missions.
  • The Community College of the Air Force announced plans for a new degree program slated for launch in 2021. The new Associate of Applied Science in Military Technology and Applied Sciences Management degree is a flexible alternative for enlisted personnel serving in Air Force specialties lacking enough formal skills training to meet current degree program requirements, said Dr. Hank Dasinger, the dean of CCAF. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Klynne Pearl Serrano)

    Community College of the Air Force reveals plans for new degree program

    The new Associate of Applied Science in Military Technology and Applied Sciences Management degree is a flexible alternative for enlisted personnel serving in Air Force specialties lacking enough formal skills training to meet current degree program requirements, said Dr. Hank Dasinger, the dean of CCAF.

  • AF removes uniform barrier for women, authorizes pants option for mess dress

    The changes, which are effective immediately, are outlined in an exception-to-policy memorandum addressed to all Air Force personnel.

  • AETC cultivates community culture of innovation with new APAN online tool

    Innovators across Air Education and Training Command now have an online collaboration tool designed to help them discover, learn and promote a culture of innovation.
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    Andersen AFB KC-135 crew locates missing mariners on lone Pacific island

    Guardsmen from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania ANG deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, were the first to locate three missing mariners during a search and rescue mission in the Federated States of Micronesia southwest of Guam, Aug. 2.On July 29, three mariners aboard a

  • SecDef visits B-21 facilities in Florida

    Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark Esper, visited the B-21 Raider design and development headquarters at Northrop Grumman, to witness the progress being made on the nation’s most cutting edge dual-capable stealth bomber.

  • Coping with COVID: An Air Force Podcast

    In this episode of An Air Force Podcast, we look into how the renewed focus on Squadrons has prepared and supported Airmen and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    Tinker AFB units produce first 3D printed engine component

    The OC-ALC used additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, to create a component for the TF33-P103 engine, an innovation meant to save time and improve efficiency. A collaboration between the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group, the Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling Lab, and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Propulsion Sustainment Division produced a 3D printed anti-ice gasket. The gasket is a critical part of safe and efficient operation of the TF33 engine, which powers the E-3, the B-52 and the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
  • On Aug. 7 to 9, 2020, the Department of the Air Force and DOD’s Defense Digital Service will premiere the Space Security Challenge 2020, a mixture of virtual workshops and prize challenges related to securing space systems, including a live capture-the-flag style satellite hacking competition dubbed “Hack-A-Sat.” (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic)

    US Defense, Air Force Departments invite hackers to re-imagine how space systems are secured

    On Aug. 7 to 9, the Department of the Air Force and DOD’s Defense Digital Service will premiere the Space Security Challenge 2020, a mixture of virtual workshops and prize challenges related to securing space systems, including a live capture-the-flag (CTF) style satellite hacking competition dubbed “Hack-A-Sat.”
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    Special Warfare career fields update entry requirements

    In January of 2019, the wing revised its previous A&S into a single, more comprehensive process designed to push and test the upper limits of a candidate’s physical, mental and cognitive abilities.

  • Air Force modifies funding for credentialing program

    Air and Space professionals will continue to receive funding for approved credentials, though funding for preparatory classes, boot camps and coursework has been removed.
  • Staff Sgt. Geremy Satcher, a meteorologist and data analyst at the Air Force Technical Applications Center at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, poses on the beach in Cocoa Beach prior to attending American National Combines in his pursuit of being picked up by a National Football League team.

    Airman chases NFL dream

    Growing up in the northern Louisiana town of Blanchard, just outside of Shreveport, Staff Sgt. Geremy Satcher was a self-described country boy who played outside all day.
  • Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, left, Air Force Chief of Staff David L. Goldfein and Mrs. Dawn Goldfein pose with a representation of an etching that is now displayed on the Wall of Valor at the Air Force Memorial during a ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., July 31, 2020. The ceremony unveiled a new etching for the memorial's Wall of Valor at the Air Force Memorial that reads, "This is our sacred duty. When protecting Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, we fly to the sound of the guns … or we die trying." (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Clark)

    Goldfein honored for service as Chief of Staff

    During his tenure, Goldfein has achieved some notable milestones, including the development of the B-21 Raider and the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft. Additionally, he pushed for innovative ways to improve readiness through the expansion of the Air Force’s multi-domain capability, reshaping the force to exist in an era of great power competition, and helping pave the way for ultimately increasing the number of squadrons from 312 to 386.
  • Hutch Collins, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron threatened and endangered species biologist, looks for baby red-cockaded woodpeckers in a tree cavity at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range at Wedgefield, S.C

    Air Force environmental programs help endangered species thrive

    Through a combination of programs and partnerships with installations and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center is helping some endangered species make a comeback.

  • More companies enter ABMS innovation pipeline

    These companies will join 46 other companies on-boarded earlier this year to compete to develop new information and communications technologies to be evaluated in future onramp demonstration exercises for potential integration with the operational force.
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