SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 - David Grant USAF Medical Center (DGMC) has launched a simplified process to enhance access to routine mammogram screenings for eligible beneficiaries. The new scheduling process aims to improve early breast cancer detection by removing common access barriers for active-duty service members, retirees, and military families. “This initiative is about making … [Read more...]
Air Force Cyber Emphasizes Collaboration, Innovation
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 - The Department of the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower conference brought together military members, civilians and industry partners for its annual education and training event in Montgomery, Aug. 25-27. The conference serves as a critical hub for personnel across the IT, cyber and communications fields to connect and share … [Read more...]
Autonomy Advances with First Alternative Navigation Flight
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 - A bright orange dart drifted in the air at approximately 1,000 feet. The cloudless, bright blue skies practically swallowed up the 7-foot, 50-pound unmanned aerial system as it flew its pattern. As it passed overhead, the sound from it at ground level was like a revved up weed eater engine. Those quiet Osprey MK III flights at Duke Field, north of Eglin … [Read more...]
Space Force to Accept Air Force Reserve Volunteers
SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 - Air Force Reservists in space-related career fields interested in volunteering to join the U.S. Space Force as Guardians serving in a part-time capacity can apply from Sept. 3 to Oct. 10. This transfer option is part of the Space Force Personnel Management Act, which was signed into law as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. … [Read more...]
Combat Aircraft Takes to Air for Flight Testing
SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 - In a major step toward a new era of airpower, the Department of the Air Force reached a key development milestone in its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program Aug. 27, with one of its prototype platforms taking flight in less than two years from program launch — signaling a paradigm shift in the way the Air Force acquires new weapon systems. The aircraft, … [Read more...]