OCTOBER 15, 2020 - The Fifth Generation Aerial Target will take its first flight later this month at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, following nearly flawless completion of ground-based testing in September. After a multi-month delay due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, 5GAT finished a battery of ground test events at Michael Army Airfield on September 18. Executed by an … [Read more...]
Air Force Establishes Weapons System Lead Wing Collaboration Program
OCTOBER 12, 2020 - The Air Force Materiel Command expanded on the success of the Lead Wing Collaboration program set with Air Combat Command in January with a new agreement with the Air Force Global Strike Command. Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., AFMC commander, and Gen. Timothy M. Ray, AFGSC commander, cosigned a memorandum aimed at developing deeper collaboration between the … [Read more...]
Air Force Reduces Tuition Assistance
OCTOBER 9, 2020 - The Air Force decreased its tuition assistance allowance from $4,500 to $3,750 for fiscal year 2021. This was to mitigate the rise in the program’s users due to COVID-19, according to af.mil. Tuition assistance is a program that pays tuition costs for Airmen who take college courses while on active duty. When teleworking began in mid-March due to the … [Read more...]
Next-Generation Helmets Keep Defenders Lethal, Ready
OCTOBER 8, 2020 - The Air Force Security Forces Center is delivering the next generation of ballistic helmets to security forces units as part of its effort to standardize and modernize Defender equipment across the Air Force. The helmets will replace the Advanced Combat Helmet, which security forces Airmen had to modify and outfit with bulky additions to accomplish … [Read more...]
Air Force, Space Force Select Students for Space Test Fundamentals Course
OCTOBER 7, 2020 - The Air Force Test Center’s Test Pilot School is one step closer to standing up the Space Test Fundamentals course. “Today, here in this building, a board is selecting the first class of space professionals to attend our new space test fundamentals course,” said Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, AFTC commander, during the Multi-Domain Test Force activation … [Read more...]