APRIL 27, 2021 - The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team, referred to as BATMAN, lent its effort to the Air and Space Forces’ Small Business Innovation Research program to make a few former Airmen’s dreams come true and potentially deliver a needed survival radio charger to the warfighter. These former Airmen formed Combat Power … [Read more...]
Q.A. For A Day – A Safer, Better Air Force
APRIL 24, 2021 - The 18th Maintenance Group supports the 18th Wing’s mission non-stop, with over 2,300 aircraft maintainers supporting 18,000 flying hours annually. Due to the vast amount of members and all the different jobs needing completion, accountability and safety are monitored by a third party outside of the shops – enter the 18th MXG Quality Assurance. Working in QA … [Read more...]
Air Force Commemorates Earth Day
APRIL 23, 2021 - The Department of the Air Force is commemorating the 51st anniversary of Earth Day April 22 by encouraging Airmen, Guardians, civilian employees and their families to help the enterprise play an active role in becoming an environmental steward. This year’s theme, “Do Your Part – Protect the Earth, Support the Mission,” highlights the Defense Department’s … [Read more...]
Air Force Rewrites Doctrine, Focuses On Mission Command, Airpower Evolution
APRIL 23, 2021 - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. recently signed perhaps the most sweeping change of Air Force basic doctrine in the service’s history, marking a major milestone in the service’s strategic approach to “Accelerate Change or Lose.” Core themes to the revised Air Force Doctrine Publication-1: The Air Force are the foundation and evolution of … [Read more...]
Project FoX Maximizes F-35’s Lethality
APRIL 20, 2021 - For the first time ever, Air Force personnel livestreamed F-35 Lightning II data directly from the aircraft’s mission systems computers to a connected computer tablet during a recent ground test at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The event was a milestone for the Fighter Optimization eXperiment, or FoX, a project that seeks to rapidly integrate advanced … [Read more...]