An F-15E Strike Eagle from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, carrying a B61 Joint Test Assembly, departs Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, for the Tonopah Test Range during DCA NucWSEP. F-15Es released B61-3 and B61-4 JTAs at the Tonopah Test Range, Nevada, to further test the F-15E’s inherent ability to deliver B61 series tactical nuclear weapons. (Courtesy Photo by Santos … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 21, 2021 - When Air Force Recruiting Service deployed its “Activate: Special Warfare” mobile tour in April 2021, the four-dimensional virtual reality, experience-on-wheels became the latest entry in an elite category of games. Over the years, dozens of movies have made their way to becoming games in arcades and on portable devices. This genre includes commercial … [Read more...]

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...]