JULY 3, 2024 - A 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-46A Pegasus executed the world’s first nonstop, KC-46A westbound circumnavigation endurance flight, called Project Magellan, June 29-July 1, starting and finishing at McConnell Air Force Base. This flight was the latest Maximum Endurance Operation (MEO) for the KC-46A, Air Mobility Command’s newest tanker aircraft. Overall, MEOs … [Read more...]

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Houston Cantwell, Commander, Jeanne M. Holm Center, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Nathaniel Roesler stand at attention as the orders, for Roesler to take command of the Warrant Officer Training School, are published during the WOTS activation ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, June 28, 2024. The inaugural class will be comprised of approximately 30 … [Read more...]

JUNE 27, 2024 – The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second- generation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in the Off-Board Sensing Station, or OBSS, program Feb. 28, 2024. The AFRL OBSS program is the validation of a design, build and test process that has resulted in the XQ-67A. It is the … [Read more...]

JUNE 27, 2024 - The Air Force Materiel Command released an updated Energy Assurance Campaign Plan, providing a foundation for collaboration, cooperation and innovation in all energy-related fields across the organization. “Energy and water are essential mission resources we depend on every day,” said Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, AFMC commander, in the foreword. “Events of recent … [Read more...]

Solar panel array at Edwards Air Force Base, California. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem) JUNE 27, 2024 - Two U.S. Air Force installations were announced among the winners of the Presidential Federal Sustainability Awards, June 25: Edwards Air Force Base, California; and Tyndall AFB, Florida. The Presidential Federal Sustainability Awards recognize federal … [Read more...]