JANUARY 10, 2023 - The Department of the Air Force is establishing new Body Composition Program standards for Airmen and Guardians after the abdominal circumference was removed from the Air Force-specific Physical Fitness Assessment in 2020. Both the Air and Space Forces released the new Waist-to-Height Ratio BCP policy in January, with assessments to begin April 2023. The … [Read more...]

Maj. Dustin Suire, right, 436th Operations Group C-5M Super Galaxy standardization and evaluation chief, explains the cargo capabilities of a C-5 to Maj. Andrew Schweickert, 436th OG C-17 Globemaster III standardization and evaluation chief, before a local training flight at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 22, 2022. Schweickert, originally a C-17 pilot, was the first … [Read more...]

A new U.S. Air Force E-11A BACN aircraft arrives at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dec. 16, 2022. This E-11A is the newest addition to 430th Expeditionary Electronic Communications Squadron's fleet. Commonly known as Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, this aircraft extends the range of communications channels and enables better communication … [Read more...]

From left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Meeks, 443rd Air Expeditionary Squadron client systems technician, and Senior Airman Byron McNeill Jr., 443rd AES supply technician and security forces fireteam lead, inspect a communication antenna at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2022. McNeill and Meeks have installed three antennas on the installation, boosting the strength of … [Read more...]

JANUARY 5, 2023 - The 505th Command and Control Wing supported the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center’s assessment of forward edge battle management command and control capabilities to advance the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control, or JADC2, concept during exercise Project Convergence 22, from Oct. 3 – Nov. 9. Project Convergence is … [Read more...]