JANUARY 14, 2021 - The Secretary of the Air Force, on behalf of the Office of Secretary of Defense, selected Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location for the U.S. Space Command Headquarters. The Department of the Air Force conducted both virtual and on-site visits to assess which of six candidate locations would be best suited to host the U.S. Space … [Read more...]
Commander Reaffirms US Military Commitment to North Africa
JANUARY 11, 2021 - Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, traveled to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Tunis, Tunisia, and Algiers, Algeria, Jan. 4-7 to meet with service members and key defense leaders in the region. During the trip, Harrigian recognized the outstanding accomplishments of service members at Camp Lemonnier and discussed … [Read more...]
AFRL Demonstrates First Collaborative Weapon Technologies
JANUARY 8, 2021 - The Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard program completed the first Air Force flight demonstration of collaborative weapons Dec. 15 using technology developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Scientific Applications & Research Associates. A team from the Air Force Test Center flew an F-16 Fighting Falcon and released two Collaborative Small Diameter … [Read more...]
Air Force Award Winner Proclaims a First for the U.S. Space Force
JANUARY 7, 2021 - Air Force Research Laboratory senior engineer Dr. Odell Reynolds received the 2019 Harold Brown award from Dr. Richard Joseph, the Chief Scientist of the Air Force, in a ceremony held on Dec. 16, 2020 at AFRL’s Starfire Optical Range (SOR) located on Kirtland Air Force Base. The Harold Brown award, named for the former Secretary of the Air Force, is the … [Read more...]
Two B-52H Bombers Regenerated to Active Service
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...]