JULY 18, 2022 - A new medical profile system aimed at improving communication and overall readiness has been developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory in collaboration with the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency and the Defense Health Agency and is scheduled to roll out to military treatment facilities later this summer. The Airman and Guardian Availability Management … [Read more...]

JULY 18, 2022 - Blood loss or “bleeding out” is the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield, military health experts say. So, one of the best ways to save lives during combat operations is to provide blood products to forward-deployed medics and corpsmen as soon as possible. During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, getting the needed blood products to … [Read more...]

JULY 15, 2022 - Air Force officials have selected the service’s top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2022. An Air Force selection board at the Air Force’s Personnel Center considered 36 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and Headquarters Air Force. The board selected the 12 Airmen … [Read more...]

JULY 15, 2022 – With the goal of improving the ability to test increasingly robust GPS systems for aerial assets, the 746th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, developed a high power jammer tracking system, or HPJ-T, to provide constant GPS jamming on a system for an extended period of time. The 746 TS is part of the 704th Test Group, a unit of the Arnold … [Read more...]

JULY 14, 2022 - The Air Force conducted another successful hypersonic test off the Southern California coast, July 12. The Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Booster Test Flight-3 was the 12th flight for the program and third release demonstration. The AGM-183A weapons system reached hypersonic speeds and primary and secondary objectives were met. “This was another … [Read more...]