OCTOBER 17, 2022 - When it comes to training pilots in combat it's easy to assume that flying an aircraft can simply be conducted in any airspace. But pilots need a training ground as well and Alaska provides one of the biggest in the world. The Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) is the largest instrumented air, ground and electronic combat training range in the … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 17, 2022 - “Innovation is more than a buzzword … It is evolutionary or revolutionary changes to existing processes, capabilities, and mindsets," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. In line with this vision, the 1st Fighter Wing developed a team to transform its Airmen’s innovative ideas into reality. The team became known as the innovation cell and is … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 17, 2022 - The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation, or CRI, held an event Oct. 6 with the Air Force Reserve Command’s 445th Airlift Wing for a ROAM Robotics team to demonstrate the latest Forge System, a pneumatically-powered exoskeleton that augments leg strength to reduce fatigue, increase endurance and offset weight. The event began with a … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 14, 2022 - Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, declared the HH-60W Jolly Green II has reached initial operational capability on Oct. 4. The declaration means that the U.S. Air Force now possesses sufficient HH-60Ws, logistics requirements and trained Airmen to support a 30-day deployment to any independent location with a package of four … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 14, 2022 - The Department of the Air Force requests tenants of privatized housing and government-owned family housing to provide their feedback of the program via the annual Department of Defense Tenant Satisfaction Survey beginning Oct. 17. CEL & Associates, Inc., administers the annual survey which will be delivered through an email link to all tenants, who … [Read more...]