JUNE 30, 2015, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFNS) - The Ogden Air Logistics Complex completed an F-35B Lightning II functional check flight here June 18, after the first depot-level short take off and vertical landing modifications were completed on two F-35Bs for the Marine Corps. Lt. Col. Kevin Hall, a member of the 514th Flight Test Squadron and the first depot test pilot … [Read more...]
U.S. Air Force Airborne Air Control Squadron Tests Upgraded AWACS Platform
JUNE 29, 2015, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (NNS) - Calmly soaring at 30,000 feet in the midst of nearly 100 fighters, bombers and refueling tankers executing a battle scenario, an Air Force E-3G Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveys every aircraft in a 300 mile radius, calling out commands, verifying target hits and sending aircraft back home safely. … [Read more...]
Balancing Career, Family Through Career Intermission Program
JUNE 26, 2015, KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) - Being in the U.S. military can be a tough balance between career and family. For some, it comes down to a choice between the two; however, for Katie Evans, a temporarily separated captain and the former 18th Force Support Squadron manpower and personnel flight commander here, it's about keeping both. Evans took a sabbatical from … [Read more...]
OPM Computer Attack Highlights Bigger Issue
JUNE 26, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The attack on the Office of Personnel Management’s computer system illuminates a larger issue of deterrence, said the Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper June 25. Clapper, speaking at the annual GEOINT Symposium, said of the challenge such a hack presents, “until such time as we can create both the substance and … [Read more...]
AFRL Bio-Signature Research May Save Firefighters’ Lives
JUNE 24, 2015, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - Imagine facing down a raging fire, up close, with little or no time to save lives and protect property; hauling 75-pound hoses up multiple flights of stairs; carrying victims out and repeatedly putting your life on the line. Then imagine doing it nearly every day. It’s an extreme job and the constant stress … [Read more...]