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  • The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies' successfully launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying six second-generation ORBCOMM communications satellites July 14, 2014, from Space Launch Complex 40, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Courtesy photo/Alan Walters)

    45th Space Wing launches ORBCOMM satellites

    The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies’ successful launch of their Falcon 9 rocket carrying six second-generation ORBCOMM communications satellites July 14, from Space Launch Complex 40, here.

  • Existing tools help users reduce PII breaches

    Members of 24th Air Force are refurbishing an old email tool to help Air Force users reduce breaches of personally identifiable information, or PII.
  • This 14-megawatt solar project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., made news in 2007 as the largest solar photovoltaic array in the United States. Now there are plans to expand solar power production at the base. The Air Force recently signed a lease with NV Energy to add a 19-megawatt solar array. Together, the projects will provide up to 42 percent of the energy needed to power Nellis AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Nellis AFB to add second large solar plant

    The Air Force is set to outdo itself with another large solar project at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

  • Missile-warning satellites contract awarded

    The Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $1.86 billion contract to Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, California, for production of the fifth and sixth Space-Based Infrared System, or SBIRS, geosynchronous, or GEO, missile-warning satellites.

  • AF awards new combat rescue helicopter contract

    The Air Force awarded a $1.28 billion contract for the initial engineering and manufacturing development phase of the new combat rescue helicopter to Sikorsky Aircraft Company on June 26.
  • Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson talks about changes to the nuclear enterprise during an Air Force Association event at the AFA Headquarters Building June 24, 2014, in Washington, D.C. The largest change Wilson said to expect is a shift in culture, brought on by the recent results of the Force Improvement Program implemented in April. Wilson is the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Torri Ingalsbe)

    Force Improvement Program changing future of Global Strike

    Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, addressed members of the Air Force Association on how the Force Improvement Program, or FIP, is fostering a culture of empowerment among nuclear enterprise Airmen and helping restore nation’s trust in the Air Force’s management of the nuclear enterprise.

  • U.S. conducts successful missile intercept test in Pacific

    The U.S. military today successfully intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile test target launched from the U.S. Army’s Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, according to a Defense Department news release issued today.
  • Dr. Christopher Yeaw, Air Force Global Strike Command Chief Scientist, and Dr. Stan Napper, Vice President for Research and Development at Louisiana Tech University, sign a cooperative Research and Development Agreement June 12, 2014, which will allow the two to work together to develop new defensive systems for the bomber fleet based on nanoengineered graphene. (Courtesy photo/Louisiana Tech University by Donny J Crowe),

    Global Strike, local university team to develop new bomber defensive systems

    Air Force Global Strike Command and Louisiana Tech University recently signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement which will allow the two to work together to develop new defensive systems for the bomber fleet based on nanoengineered graphene.

  • SecAF outlines changes for nuclear force

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James outlined new incentives and measures designed to change the culture of the service's nuclear force June 17. Following a cheating scandal involving intercontinental ballistic missile launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, and the subsequent relief of nine officers, a commander's retirement and 91 other airmen receiving discipline, James touched on ways the Air Force has begun to address "systemic issues."
  • Joe Sciabica and Maj. Gen. J. Kevin McLaughlin sign the Air Force Civil Engineer Center-Air Forces Cyber nexus collaboration during a meeting June 12, 2014 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The initiative is designed to increase collaboration between the agencies in order to enhance the security of industrial control systems supporting critical Air Force infrastructures around the world. Sciabica is the AFCEC director and McLaughlin is the 24th Air Force and AFCYBER commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Shannon Carabajal)

    AFCEC, AFCYBER partnership boosts infrastructure security

    The commander from Air Forces Cyber and the director the Air Force Civil Engineer Center signed an initiative here June 12, designed to strengthen the security of industrial control systems, or ICS, supporting critical Air Force infrastructures.

  • 1st Space Ops assumes space surveillance mission

    The 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colorado, will assume command and control of the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) this summer. The satellites are a space-based capability that will operate in the near-geosynchronous orbit regime supporting U.S. Strategic Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network sensor.

  • Space fence contract awarded

    The Air Force awarded a $914,699,474 contract to Lockheed Martin on June 2, 2014 to develop a system that will track objects in Earth's orbit with far greater confidence and fidelity.
  • Space is no longer the final frontier, but a complex domain the Air Force must operate in safely. Space safety continues to grow as a vital industry among space professionals worldwide. A newly-defined mission set within Air Force safety circles, the Space Safety Division, or SES, at the Air Force Safety Center, recently obtained full authority to develop space safety policy, guidance and initiatives to help prevent Air Force space mishaps. (Air Force graphic/Keith Wright)

    'Final frontier' now complex domain for space safety culture

    Space, long thought to be America’s final frontier, has transformed over the past several decades into a complex domain the Air Force must operate in safely. Recent Hollywood productions depicting dangerous space events - hurtling space debris blowing satellites to bits; disconnected astronauts flying off into infinity - help show the risk, albeit exaggerated, of operating safely in space.

  • Battlefield Airborne Communications Node ensures warfighter connectivity

    Three recent achievements demonstrate how a critical communications capability managed here is continuing to keep warfighters connected. The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, translates and distributes imagery, video, voice and data, often from disparate elements, improving situational awareness by allowing ground troops to reach back for needed support over mountainous terrain.
  • Mance Clark tests the new Virtual Enterprise Service Desk application for the first time May 15, 2014, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The product, also known as vESD, is a client-based application that serves as a communication platform between the Enterprise Service Desk and all 850 thousand plus users in the Air Force network. Currently, the product is going through a trial period and is expected to be released in October 2014. Clark works for the 902nd Security Force Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lynsie Nichols)

    Lackland Network Support Squadron tests new virtual helpdesk app

    The personnel at the 690th Network Support Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Kelly Field Annex are working hard to put an end to long periods of telephone waiting time with a new product called the Virtual Enterprise Service Desk.
  • Undersecretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning speaks to a packed house at the 30th Space Symposium Corporate Partnership Dinner May 20, 2014, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fanning discussed vital Air Force contributions to space and cyberspace at this annual gathering of civil, military and industry professionals from across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo/Duncan Wood)

    USecAF touts Air Force capabilities at 30th Space Symposium

    At an annual gathering of civil, military and industry professionals from across the globe, Under Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning emphasized Air Force contributions through space and cyberspace. Fanning was the featured keynote speaker during the 30th Space Symposium dinner May 20 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • A Delta IV rocket lifts the Global Positioning System IIF-6 satellite into space May 16, 2014, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. GPS IIF-6 is the sixth in a series of 12 next generation GPS satellites. The GPS IIF series provides improved accuracy and enhanced performance for GPS users. (Courtesy photo/United Launch Alliance)

    GPS IIF-6 successfully launched from Cape Canaveral

    The Air Force successfully launched the sixth Global Positioning System IIF satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., May 16.
  • Dr. David Walker testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on the Fiscal Year 2015 Air Force Science and Technology Program May 14, 2014, in Washington, D.C. Walker is the deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for science, technology and engineering. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)

    DOD shows science, technology success despite hard year for workforce

    Despite a year of workforce furloughs and dwindling budgets, the Defense Department’s science and technology enterprise reports advances ranging from a full hypersonic weapon system and high-energy lasers to light-based brain treatments and new core capabilities in cyber warfare, senior DOD officials told a Senate panel today.

  • Air Force official testifies on dangers of 'space junk'

    One congresswoman summed up the issue succinctly during a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing May 9: space junk is a growing problem.
  • Sam Schmidt, former Indy Racing League driver, is stationed in front of a Semi-Autonomous Motorcar know as SAM which he drove 84 mpr on the runway next to the National Museum of the United States Air Force during a demonstration to showcase new human performance technologies on May 6. (USAF photo by Al Bright)

    Quadriplegic drives racing 'vette with help from AF performance lab

    Human performance technologies developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, along with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., were on display here May 6 as quadriplegic Sam Schmidt, a former Indy Racing League driver, got back behind the wheel once again.
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