MAY 8, 2024 — The AFWERX Spark team launched the first Crossflow event of the year, April 23-25, 2024. Crossflows offer the Department of the Air Force Innovation and Process Improvement ecosystem a chance to concentrate on development, collaboration and strategic alignment toward operational imperatives. The event, held in Spokane, Washington, brought more than 100 … [Read more...]

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Memorial celebrates its 55th year May 4. It is located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. It contains 344 names of fallen and past EOD technicians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.) MAY 7, 2024 - Dressed in the bright whites, deep blues and dense blacks of their service uniforms, Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers returned … [Read more...]

MAY 6, 2024 - Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall flew in the front seat of the X-62A VISTA at Edwards Air Force Base, May 2, to experience firsthand the unique aircraft, which incorporates machine learning and highly specialized software to test autonomous flying and other cutting-edge capabilities. The most potent feature of the X-62A – called VISTA for Variable … [Read more...]

Members of the 104th Fighter Wing attend USAF weapons school integration exercise, April 6, 2024, to April 20, 2024, at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada. This exercise combined multiple squadrons to test and determine the functionality of new air combat tactics through offensive and defensive counterair measures while using both fourth-generation and fifth-generation … [Read more...]

MAY 3, 2024 - When Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin looks closely at the service he leads, he sees plenty to like. “The U.S. Air Force remains the best, most capable and lethal in the world,” Allvin said. “But that status is not guaranteed into the future and will only be realized if we adapt and shape the Total Force more precisely to meet the challenges we … [Read more...]