SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 - It was a just a normal sunny spring day on the Eglin range April 20. That is until blood fell from the sky. The blood, packaged in a cooler and attached to a parachute, was pushed out of a C-145A for a test study called Operation Blood Rain. The goal of the study was to determine if fresh blood could withstand an airdrop to combat medics in austere … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 - Kingsley Field firefighters returned from helping a neighboring community fight a wildland fire, Sept. 21. In the late evening of Sept. 7, the Kingsley Field Fire Department, part of the 173rd Fighter Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard, received a dispatch call for assistance for a wildland fire burning near Chiloquin, a neighboring community north of … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 - The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is expanding global reach through a multi-phase construction effort to support the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker. The KC-46A, a next-generation aerial refueling aircraft, is designed to boost the air power and mobility operations of the Air Force. The high-capacity aircraft, which displaces the KC-10 Extender and … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 - In an effort to field MQ-9 Reapers faster and meet an increasing operational demand for the aircraft, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s MQ-9 Program Office awarded a $7.4 billion ceiling Agile Reaper Enterprise Solution (ARES) contract to General Atomics Sept. 17. The MQ-9 is an unmanned aircraft with intelligence, surveillance, … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 - Official physical fitness assessments across the Department of the Air Force will resume Jan. 1, 2021, officials announced Sept. 16. To continue minimizing close contact among personnel during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensure units and personnel are fully ready to resume, testing has been delayed from October to January, and testing in January … [Read more...]