MAY 25, 2021 - The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” aerial reconnaissance weather officer and loadmaster/dropsonde operator stations are being upgraded with hardware and software to increase their weather collecting capabilities. “The (Meteorology Equipment Technician) shop is in the middle of a system upgrade, specifically on the ARWO station,” said … [Read more...]
Air Force Integrates Small Unmanned Aircraft Into Operations
MAY 24, 2021 - The Department of the Air Force is one step closer to safely and more widely integrating small unmanned aircraft systems into civil engineering operations, thanks to the Air Force GeoBase Program’s sUAS office. The office, a component of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Planning and Integration Directorate, held its first Group 1 UAS operator and … [Read more...]
Air Force Brass Visit Cape Canaveral SFS
MAY 21, 2021 - Acting Secretary of the Air Force John P. Roth, and the Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond, visited Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, May 17. During the visit, Roth and Raymond toured the Morrell Operations Center, the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center and the Spaceflight Operations Processing Center. “U.S. Space Force Guardians and our … [Read more...]
C-130 Crew Awarded For Heroism On Deployment
MAY 21, 2021 - On May 10, a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew assigned to Little Rock Air Force Base’s 61st Airlift Squadron was awarded one Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals for their decisive actions and outstanding airmanship displayed under hazardous conditions while deployed to Afghanistan Sept. 19, 2020. The DFC is awarded to any officer or enlisted member of … [Read more...]
Air Force to Retire KC-135 and Replace With KC-46 Pegasus
MAY 20, 2021 - U.S. Transportation Command is responsible for moving people and materiel around the globe in support of the nation's defense needs. It relies, in part, on the use of the Air Force's aircraft to do that. When the Air Force hoped to retire some aircraft within the KC-135 Stratotanker fleet in order to make way for the new refueling aircraft, the KC-46 Pegasus — … [Read more...]