APRIL 25, 2024 - On a frigid Valentine's Day night, 12 Emergency Management Airmen from across the country gathered in a tent near Devil’s Lake, N.D., to prepare for the following day’s mission. Breakfast was early, and the days were long during the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CBRN) exercise known as Deep Freeze. Despite the plummeting … [Read more...]
Five & Thrive Expands Guidebook
APRIL 25, 2024 - Family readiness is mission readiness, and military families deserve a quality of life that supports their journey rather than hinder it. The Five & Thrive initiative began in 2021, headed by Sharene Brown, spouse of the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to tackle the top five quality-of-life issues - childcare, education, healthcare, housing, … [Read more...]
Air Force Continuing Two Collaborative Combat Aircraft Options
APRIL 25, 2024 - The Department of the Air Force made the decision to continue funding Anduril and General Atomics for detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of production representative test articles under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The companies not selected to build these production representative CCA vehicles, and execute the flight test program, will … [Read more...]
Air Force Honors Airmen with Leadership Awards
APRIL 24, 2024 - The Pentagon's Hall of Heroes echoed with applause April 8, as four Airmen received the Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award. Maj. Kristen Ober, Capt. Marc D. Esposito, Master Sgt. Thomas R. Johnson and Staff Sgt. Amos Kim were honored for their exceptional leadership qualities, embodying the fundamental values of the U.S. Air Force. Maj. Kristin A. Ober led … [Read more...]
Air Force and UMaine Modernize Arctic Weather-Sensing Techniques
APRIL 24, 2024 - “Climate change is occurring faster in the Arctic than anyplace on Earth,” said University of Maine associate professor of glaciology Seth Campbell. “And with that, there opens a whole range of concerns.” Campbell is the lead scientist on a new $260,000 research partnership between UMaine and the Department of the Air Force (DAF) to improve the nation’s … [Read more...]