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  • 2020 Design Honor Award winner in the Facility Renovations and Additions category is Bldg. 32 renovation at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

    AFCEC announces 2020 Air Force Design Awards winners

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently announced the winners of the 2020 Air Force Design Awards, recognizing seven innovative designs that embody the best in new construction, landscape architecture and facility renovations and additions
  • The United States and Israeli air forces train to maintain a ready posture to deter against regional aggression while forging strategic partnerships across the U.S. Central Command and U.S. European Command areas of responsibility.

    Enduring Lightning III exercise brings together U.S., Israeli air forces

    U.S. Air Forces Central and the Israeli Air Force conducted exercise Enduring Lightning III Oct. 12, in the skies over Israel. It was the third joint exercise between the two countries involving the F-35 Lightning II.
  • Wildland fires burn during a mid-August night near Susanville, Calif. A series of wildland fires has destroyed more than 30,000 acres of land around Susanville. (Courtesy Photo)

    Michigan Air National Guard supports California wildfire response

    The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, manages fire protection and stewardship of more than 31 million acres of California's privately-owned wildlands. Approximately 12,000 firefighters are on the ground battling the California wildfires. Cal Fire is receiving support from above with the first of its kind domestic MQ-9 Reaper mission.
  • For the full interview with Gen. Morris, check out the Leadership Log vodcast at [insert video link]. You can also listen and subscribe to the Leadership Log podcast on Anchor or your favorite podcast carrier here: [insert audio link].

    New commander charts AFLCMC future course

    Lt. Gen. Shaun Morris, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander has been busy getting up to speed on the latest activities in the center’s vast portfolio. With 28,000 personnel across nine major operating centers, AFLCMC executes a $304 billion operating budget to deliver – from uniforms and ejection seats to aircraft and missiles – everything the warfighter needs to fly, fight and win.

  • Air Force update for COVID-19

    In an effort to minimize the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 and to prioritize the health and safety of Department of the Air Force personnel, the following modifications have been made:

  • “SpeedDealer” demos wrap, new radar agreement expected early 2021

    Using a try-before-you-buy strategy, a team within the Digital Directorate headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, completed a series of live-fly demonstrations Sept. 26 to evaluate three commercially available, production-ready and deployable long-range radar systems.
  • Det. 1 is celebrating two years of addressing rated diversity in the Air Force. Since its inception in October 2018, Det. 1 has conducted 165 events with over 355,000 attendees, directly mentoring more than 39,000 youth.

    Recruiting’s Det. 1 celebrates 2 years of mentoring youth, addressing rated diversity

    AFRS Det. 1 is currently reaching out to thousands of young people – mentoring, educating and giving them opportunities to hopefully one day fly in the Air Force. Det. 1, which was stood up in October 2018, is celebrating two years of helping address rated diversity in the Air Force, and it has experienced monumental growth in this short period of time.
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    AFMC, AFGSC establish Weapons System Lead Wing Collaboration Program

    Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., AFMC Commander, and Gen. Timothy M. Ray, AFGSC Commander, cosigned a memorandum aimed at developing deeper collaboration between the program offices and operational wings, providing a venue for acquisition and operational Airmen to gain insight into each other’s communities, while creating a culture of continuous cooperation, collaboration and innovation.
  • Image of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shannon Ury, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Health Technician, with Col. Rod Simpson, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing commander.

    Air Force medical entomology supports wide-reaching mission, seeks candidates

    Operating with Public Health, medical entomologists study various insects, pests and the diseases they carry to determine how they could impact the health of service members.
  • NAS Oceana air show 2020 practice day

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.

  • Invisible Wounds

    Our military members are the best trained and well-equipped in the world, and can take on every enemy, except for the one within. Quite simply, we’ve got to start talking to each other, and asking tough questions.

  • Department of the Air Force family suicide prevention training now available

    The new online training video, Equipping Family Members to Help Airmen in Distress, aims to build and strengthen relationships and connectedness among family members and loved ones.

  • Around the Air Force: New Vice Chief of Staff, Joint Warfare, and B-1B Innovations

    Today’s look Around the Air Force highlights Lt. Gen. David W. Allvin, the next Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, the Air Force and Army sign an agreement for advanced warfare, and the B-1B Lancer gets a digital twin. (Produced by Staff Sgt. Timmethy James)
  • AFLCMC commander speaks on the how, where of a digital force

    AFLCMC commander speaks on the how, where of a digital force

    The new Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander spoke to the Hanscom Air Force Base workforce about the way forward to a digital Air Force during a virtual all-call Oct. 7.
  • The Air Force Security Forces Center is delivering the next generation of ballistic helmets to security forces units as part of its effort to standardize and modernize Defender equipment across the Air Force.

    Next-generation helmets keep Defenders lethal, ready

    The Air Force Security Forces Center is delivering the next generation of ballistic helmets to security forces units as part of its effort to standardize and modernize Defender equipment across the Air Force.
  • 82nd MDG laboratory BioFire test equipment

    AFICC increases COVID-19 testing capabilities at 42 medical centers

    The contract, awarded Sept. 30 to BioDefense LLC of Salt Lake City, enables the firm to triple its manufacturing capacity of coronavirus tests and ensures timely delivery of test panels to meet the Air Force demand of 7,000 tests per week.
  • U-2 Dragon Lady taxing

    U-2 Federal Lab achieves flight with Kubernetes

    Kubernetes is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating computer application deployment, scaling, and management. Its container-centric management environment orchestrates computing, networking, and storage on behalf of user workloads and allows for the deployment of complex microservice based applications with complete automation.
  • EITaaS

    Air Force deploys commercial IT capability

    Working with the EITaaS office through an Other Transaction Agreement, the Accenture Federal Services team passed commercial internet traffic from the Amazon Web Services and Azure Impact Level 5 cloud environments through the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Boundary Cloud Access Point, or BCAP, and onto the base networks.

  • AFMC begins phased COVID-19 surveillance testing

    Air Force Materiel Command began a phased roll-out of COVID-19 surveillance testing Oct. 1.
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    60th CONJEFAMER Air Chiefs discuss COVID-19, air operations, space domain

    The System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces, known as SICOFAA for its Spanish acronym, virtually hosted this CONJEFAMER, which usually is held in June by a participating nation but due to COVID-19, was postponed.
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A United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-22 Raptor over northern Iraq, Nov. 6, 2019. U.S. Central Command operations deter adversaries and demonstrate support for allies and partners in the region. (Video by Staff Sgt. Daniel Snider)
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Tune in as our Air Force musicians along with other military musicians are awarded the National Medal of Arts.
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