NOVEMBER 17, 2023 - The Air Force Materiel Command continues to bolster civilian accessions by capitalizing on new, flexible recruitment policies and processes to attract and attain diverse talent across the enterprise. The command’s time-to-hire is at an all-time low, down 54% since dedicated reform efforts began in 2018, averaging 59.9 days to fill a position from … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 10, 2023 - The Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in partnership with the United States Space Force, is scheduled to launch the seventh mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Dec. 7, 2023 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The X-37B Mission 7 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time, designated USSF-52, with a wide range … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 10, 2023 - The first Boeing T-7A Red Hawk successfully arrived at Edwards Air Force Base, Nov. 8. The milestone formally commences the Air Force’s developmental flight test campaign for the aircraft, aimed at fielding a replacement pilot training capability for the 1960’s-era Northrop T-38 Talon. The aircraft, known as APT-2, is the first production representative … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 – The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Eastern Air Defense Sector performed the initial operating capability rollout of the Advanced Battle Management System’s Cloud-Based Command and Control system, or CBC2, a platform that will provide greater decision space for decision makers and end users. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and leaders … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 - Roughly 120 service members and five KC-46A Pegasus tankers assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, participated in JB MDL's first certification event for the KC-46A during Neptune Series exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Oct. 21-Nov. 2. Throughout the two-week exercise, 305th Air Mobility Wing Airmen certified the KC-46 Mission … [Read more...]