AUGUST 5, 2021 - Uniformed Total Force Airmen and Guardians are invited to create Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System accounts as part of a two-phase personnel and pay modernization program. AFIPPS will combine the functions currently managed through the Military Personnel Data System and the Defense Joint Military Pay System into a single, automated solution with … [Read more...]
Air Force Tests Directed Energy System in Wind Tunnel
AUGUST 5, 2021 - The Aerodynamics Branch of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base, is helping the Air Force take directed energy systems airborne. Directed energy systems use high-energy lasers or microwaves to degrade or destroy threats and targets. “There is a growing interest for directed energy systems within the DoD [Department of … [Read more...]
New Air Force Division Key To Nuclear Infrastructure Modernization
AUGUST 4, 2021 - The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is centralizing its support of the Air Force’s multi-billion-dollar nuclear infrastructure portfolio with a new division. The nuclear enterprise division, or CFN, supports the Department of Defense’s nuclear triad by integrating modernization efforts for the two Air Force-led nuclear delivery systems — intercontinental … [Read more...]
Wanted: Innovative Ideas For Spark Tank 2022
AUGUST 3, 2021 - Spark Tank 2022, a Department of the Air Force annual competition in which Airmen and Guardians pitch innovative solutions to operational problems, will accept submissions in early August 2021. Spark Tank is co-sponsored by the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Management (SAF/MG) and AFWERX. “Spark Tank is a crucial part of the Air Force’s … [Read more...]
B-52s Showcase Long Reach of American Airpower
AUGUST 3, 2021 - The edge of the Stratofortress’s wing flexes upward toward the horizon as the B-52H Stratofortress banks westward over the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. The B-52, which has been the foundation of the U.S. Air Force Global Strike bomber triad for more than 60 years, launched before dawn on from Andersen AFB, Guam, and flew several thousand miles, and … [Read more...]