MAY 4, 2020 - B-1B Lancers returned to the Indo-Pacific region in May 1 to conduct bomber task force operations out of Andersen Air Base, Guam. Four bombers and approximately 200 Airmen from the 9th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, deployed to support Pacific Air Forces' training efforts with allies, partners and joint forces; and strategic … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2020
Army Researchers Help Design 3D-Printed Ventilators
MAY 4, 2020 - To take on the shortage of ventilators caused by COVID-19, developers from the Army Research Laboratory are collaborating with civilian partners to manufacture low-cost, emergency ventilators suitable to be 3D printed. The handheld gas ventilator, dubbed the Illinois RapidVent, is roughly the size of a water bottle. Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, due to its size … [Read more...]
A-10 Continues Operations After Engineers Assess Battlefield Repair
MAY 4, 2020 - An A-10 Thunderbolt II damaged in a deployed location was quickly returned to service after a remote engineering assessment, while disbursed in response to COVID-19. After a mission, maintenance crews needed to repair battle damage on an A-10 consisting of a bullet hole in the underbelly skin with an unknown exit point for the projectile. Despite the … [Read more...]
Army Fires Third Next-Gen Strike Missile Test
MAY 4, 2020 - The Army successfully held its third precision strike missile test Thursday morning, hitting its close-range target of 85 kilometres, enabling the Army to keep its 2023 fielding deadline on track. The latest test, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, was “the shortest and most challenging yet,” said Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, director of the Army’s Long … [Read more...]
Isolation System the Latest in DoD Medical Transport Advancement
MAY 4, 2020 - Air Mobility Command aircrew and medical personnel conducted the first operational use of the Transport Isolation System to perform an aeromedical evacuation of three U.S. government contractors who tested positive for COVID-19, the coronavirus disease, from Afghanistan to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Upon arrival April 10 at Ramstein, the patients were … [Read more...]