Megan Runyan, Quinn Seys, and Parker Brown, 416th Flight Test Squadron weapons integration engineers, work together for data solutions during the Data Hackathon at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Nov. 3, 2021. The event was Air Force Test Center’s first Data Hackathon, solving data problems sponsored by U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, with a goal to broaden the solution reach … [Read more...]

Airman Alex Orquiza, 71st Security Forces Squadron, wears a next generation ballistic helmet during a door-breaching exercise at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Sept. 15, 2020. The Air Force Security Forces Center at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, has delivered more than 27,000 helmets to security forces units as part of its effort to standardize and modernize Defender equipment across … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 13, 2021 - The Air Force will officially add new alternative components to physical fitness assessments beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The updated scoring charts can be found here. After announcing the components in July, over 9,000 data points were collected to determine the point values for each component by assessing approximately 2,000 Airmen from 23 … [Read more...]

(U.S. Air Force graphic/Corey Parrish) NOVEMBER 10, 2021 - The Department of the Air Force released findings from a force-wide Interpersonal Violence Task Force Nov. 9, which studied the depth and scope of how Airmen and Guardians are affected by interpersonal violence. The results are available for download here. After the Secretary of the Air Force established the … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 10, 2021 - The Department of the Air Force and Florida Power and Light Gulf Power Company (GPC), signed DAF’s first Energy Assurance Lease Oct. 13 for the construction of a solar microgrid system with an estimated 150 kilowatt photovoltaic solar array and 450 kW, 2.5 hour battery energy storage system at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Under the terms of the … [Read more...]