MAY 17, 2023 – Highly specialized U.S. military units trained for nuclear forensics missions with interagency partners during Exercise Prominent Hunt in Houston, May 1 - 5. Soldiers from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command’s Nuclear Disablement Team 1 and 1st CBRNE Response Team, 11th Chemical Company (Technical Escort), qualified … [Read more...]
Air Force Exploring Next-Generation Textile for Uniforms
MAY 16, 2023 – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, has partnered with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Cornell University, Ohio-based contractor UES, Inc. and the Palmer Muskox Farm in Palmer, Alaska to explore the use of synthetic muskox wool keratin fibers in textiles for military-grade uniforms. The International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar … [Read more...]
Cadet Team Conducts Robotics Research
U.S. Air Force Academy -- (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley) MAY 16, 2023 - A team of professors and cadets with the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Warfighter Effectiveness Research Center, a directorate of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, are striving to determine the practicality of incorporating a robot into operational Air Force missions. The … [Read more...]
Students Gain Learning Connectivity Through Wi-Fi Project
MAY 15, 2023 - To advance learning opportunities for Airmen and enable training and education from any device, Air Education and Training Command officials have expanded a project installing commercial wireless internet across the command and into all training dormitories. The previous $6.3 million AETC Wide Area Knowledge Education Nexus, or AWAKEN, project provided Wi-Fi … [Read more...]
F-22 Raptors Deter Aggression Over Baltic Skies
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from 94th Fighter Squadron prepare to launch at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 14, 2017. The aircraft are assigned to Joint Base Langley-Eustis Air Force Base, Va.’s, 1st Fighter Wing and will conduct air combat training sorties with various aircraft during Red Flag 17-4, running from Aug. 14 to 25. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Carlin … [Read more...]