JANUARY 7, 2021 - The only two B-52H “Stratofortress” bombers to be resurrected from the Arizona desert have been undergoing programmed depot maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. Ghost Rider, the first of the bombers to be brought back to life, returned to service in 2015 after being mothballed for seven years at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and … [Read more...]
All Byte, No Bark For ‘Robotic K-9’
JANUARY 6, 2021 - As a part of its one-year pilot program, the Ghost Robotics Vision 60 visited Scott Air Force Base during an evaluation of the robot’s capabilities. Heading the test was Air Combat Command’s Agile Battle Lab. The lab identifies, validates and inserts new concepts and technology to enable Agile Combat Employment and its contributions to all-domain … [Read more...]
A Safe Unit is A Ready Unit
JANUARY 5, 2021 - How does your organization measure up? Are violations of operating instructions in the unit common? Is the organization genuinely concerned about safety? Can leaders and supervisors in the squadron be trusted? Survey items like these come from the Air Force Combined Mishap Reduction System survey. The Human Factors Division at the Air Force Safety Center … [Read more...]
AAFES Celebrates First Year of Patronage to Disabled Veterans
JANUARY 5, 2021 - The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is celebrating the first anniversary of welcoming home 4.1 million service-connected disabled Veterans to their lifelong, in-store shopping benefit. The new privilege, which launched Jan. 1, 2020, was specified in the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018, included in the John S. McCain National … [Read more...]
Tyndall AFB Gets First X-ray System for Gate Vehicle Checks
JANUARY 4, 2021 - Searching commercial vehicles just got easier for members of the 325th Security Forces Squadron. The “Installation of the Future” received the Air Force’s first Mobile Vehicle Access Control Inspection System, or VACIS M6500, Dec. 21. The state-of-the-art, dual-mode x-ray machine will rapidly expedite the search process for incoming vehicles carrying … [Read more...]