August 22, 2014, SOUDA BAY, Greece (AFNS) - The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a unique airframe. Its wingspan is wider than 32 feet, it's nearly 50 feet long and its top is 16 feet high. It can travel at speeds of roughly 1,500 mph, and the aircraft engines create thrust -- the force that moves the aircraft through the air -- of about 27,000 pounds. It takes thousands of pieces … [Read more...]
Air Force, Small Business Partnership Yields Blade Health Monitoring Technology
August 21, 2014, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - A cost-saving and risk-mitigating technology for scanning engine rotor blades developed by the Air Force and a small business recently resulted in awards of more than $5 million. Blade Diagnostics Corporation, or BDC, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, received the awards for its SmartBlend System, which performs a … [Read more...]
Air Force Funds Small Business Participation in Research and Development Programs
August 21, 2014, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - The Air Force is searching for innovative, technology-based small businesses to compete for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer, or SBIR and STTR, research and development contracts. "We're trying to foster innovative technology solutions for the warfighter and the U.S. Air … [Read more...]
The Judge Advocate General’s Corps Announces Law School Programs
August 20, 2014, PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) - Officers interested in continuing to serve the Air Force as a judge advocate are able to apply to the Funded Legal Education Program, or FLEP, and the Excess Leave Program, ELP. Officers selected for FLEP have the opportunity to attend law school at the Air Force's expense while also continuing to receive full pay, … [Read more...]
Changes to Academic Degree and Developmental Education Expectations
August 19, 2014, WASHINGTON, (AFNS) - Air Force officials announced actions designed to set clear expectations, restore Airmen's time and refocus officer promotions on job performance. The Air Force has addressed long-standing perceptions that to be promoted, officers must complete an advanced academic degree, and those officers selected by a promotion board to attend … [Read more...]