MARCH 23, 2021 - March is Women's History Month, a commemoration set aside to honor women's contributions in American history, including in the U.S. military. On March 16, 1987, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation dedicating March as Women's History Month. "From earliest times, women have helped shape our nation," the proclamation reads. "Those achievements … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2021
Air Force Assists Monitoring Volcanoes and Tracking Ash Plumes
MARCH 22, 2021 - Although the 557th Weather Wing is primarily focused on applying environmental knowledge and outcomes to directly and deliberately impose cost on the adversary, it also has a lesser-known role monitoring volcanoes and tracking mission-impacting ash plumes. These plumes also affect commercial flying operations and require a close partnership with one of the … [Read more...]
C-130 Engines Now Have a Test Hush House
MARCH 22, 2021 - Aerospace propulsion technicians with the 103rd Maintenance Squadron began a new era of engine maintenance at Bradley Air National Guard Base with their first engine run inside the base's new T-10 Hush House on March 17. This type of facility allows the aerospace propulsion shop to maximize maintenance efficiency and run T56 turboprop engines in a … [Read more...]
Navy Researchers Search for Ocean Sciences Data with Lidar
MARCH 22, 2021 - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers from the Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate along with the Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1’s UV-18 Twin Otter conducted airborne research last month in Homer, Alaska. The team’s objective was to measure bubbles using lidar, a laser system for measuring the ocean properties. Improved … [Read more...]
Austin Meets With Afghan Troops and Coalition Leaders
MARCH 22, 2021 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met Afghan, American and coalition leaders in Kabul to better understand the situation in the country and see the way forward to a just peace in the long-troubled land. The Biden administration is conducting a review of the agreement with the Taliban and, even in the midst of COVID-19, the secretary wanted to hear … [Read more...]