OCTOBER 19, 2023 – AFWERX, in collaboration with one of its primary division partners, BETA Technologies, an electric aerospace company, landed an ALIA conventional take-off and landing, all-electric aircraft at Andrews during a multi-stop flight from Vermont to Florida, Oct. 18. AFWERX, an innovation program of the Department of the Air Force, and BETA are collaborating in … [Read more...]
NextGen Tech Allows Airmen to Be in Two Places at Once
OCTOBER 19, 2023 – Have you ever wished you could be in two places at once? The 725th Air Mobility Squadron, located at Naval Station Rota, Spain, is making it possible. Cyber and maintenance personnel assigned to the 725th AMS have collaborated with our industry partners to experiment with HoloLens, an augmented reality headset, as a tool to increase capability for deployed … [Read more...]
Bass Meets Air Force Recruiters at Motorsport Drifting Event
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass participates in a ride-along with Amanda Sorensen, an Air Force Recruiting Service-sponsored driver, at a Formula Drift event at the Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, CA, Oct. 14, 2023. CMSAF Bass joined Amanda for a lap around the track where Sorensen showcased her professional driving abilities by expertly balancing speed and … [Read more...]
Joint Cyber Operations Strengthen DoD Networks
OCTOBER 17, 2023 - Cyber Protection Teams from Fleet Cyber Command, 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) and Army Threat Systems Management Office strengthened computer networks during a joint Hunt Operation on Department of Defense (DoD) systems on Aug. 4-12, 2023 in Hawaii. U.S. Strategic Command, as a part of its mission to carry out global strategic operations, ran a series … [Read more...]
C-130H Goes Digital with Major Modernization Upgrade
OCTOBER 17, 2023 - The Air Force Reserve Command’s C-130H fleet began the transition from analog to digital recently with testing beginning on a major upgrade of the aircraft’s avionics system. The update, called Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2, is a significant improvement to the almost 60-year-old aircraft’s avionics and navigation systems. The goal for the … [Read more...]