DECEMBER 21, 2022 - The 505th Command and Control Wing’s 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, hosted a classified Industry Day on Dec. 9 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The ShOC-N is the U.S. Air Force's premier Battle Lab supporting the experimentation, prototyping, integration, and testing of key technologies and capabilities … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 21, 2022 – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, teamed with the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute to win the Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award at the 2022 Defense Manufacturing Conference for the creation of an augmented reality-enabled cold spray robot, nicknamed “ARRI.” The new system, used to apply thermal coatings to … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 21, 2022 - Christmas came early for the Hill Aerospace Museum as a wrapped-up F-22 Raptor arrived at Hill Dec. 9 on a C-5 transport aircraft. The F-22 was previously assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and is slated to be added to the collection of aircraft on display at the museum. The F-22, tail number 91-4002 and nicknamed … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 20, 2022 - In 1921, Italian General Giulio Douhet claimed that “he who controls the air controls everything,” speaking to the importance of air superiority in armed conflict. More than one century later, his theory can still be applied to a much higher ground, and in the case of the region at the forefront of prioritization to both the United Stated and Japan, the … [Read more...]

DECEMBER 19, 2022 - Interoperability is a key component of the collective ability to address global security challenges. Exercise Swift Strike aims to strengthen interoperability for American and Canadian air controllers and air battle managers. “War is dynamic. It doesn’t happen on a script,” said Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Dennis Williams, 42 Radar Squadron instructor … [Read more...]