JANUARY 22, 2020 - Australians have been battling devastating wildfires since September 2019. More than 13 million acres have burned across the country as firefighters and emergency responders continue to battle the blazes. Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Nellis Air Force Base teamed up to load more than 50 bundles of fire suppressant and other critical … [Read more...]
X-60a Rocket to Provide Routine Hypersonic Flights
JANUARY 16, 2020 - The Air Force Research Laboratory’s X-60A program recently achieved a key developmental milestone with the completion of integrated vehicle propulsion system verification ground testing. The X-60A is an air-launched rocket designed for hypersonic flight research. It is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services under an AFRL Small Business … [Read more...]
Air Force Beta-Tests Adaptive Learning Platform in Basic Military Training
JANUARY 15, 2020 - Air Education and Training Command’s emphasis on the use of technology to aggressively and cost-effectively modernize education and training took another step forward at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland with the issuance of personal tablets to two in-processing flights at basic military training. On Dec. 11, 2019, about 110 trainees with the 321st Training … [Read more...]
Tyndall AFB Comptrollers Support Base Rebuild, win Air Force Award
JANUARY 14, 2020 - A team of comptrollers from the 325th Comptroller Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, received the Gen. Larry O. Spencer Special Acts and Services award for assisting in more than 11,000 people from the 325th Fighter Wing with their finances before, during and after Hurricane Michael made landfall in October 2018. The award recognizes service members and … [Read more...]
Air Force Leadership Pays Respect at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
JANUARY 10, 2020 - The new year ushered in a solemn first for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Arlington National Cemetery. Brig. Gen. Terry L. Bullard, AFOSI commander and Chief Master Sgt. Karen F. Beirne-Flint, AFOSI command chief laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Jan. 7. Supported by Col. Shan B. Nuckols, AFOSI vice commander and Mr. Jude … [Read more...]




