Staff Sgt. Hunter Diedrich, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab noncommissioned officer in charge, and Senior Airman Douglas Vargas, 22nd ARW Innovation Lab intern, work on the KC-46A Pegasus Auxiliary Power Unit Start System (APRUSS) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Nov. 14, 2024. This year, the lab was awarded $250,000 by the Defense Innovation Unit to continue … [Read more...]
Former Soldier Navigates Job Hunt
NOVEMBER 19, 2024 — In early 2017, Michael Quinn endured what he called the worst day in the worst year of his life. Quinn, then a sergeant major and 24-year Army Soldier, had weathered deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines. As an Army counter-intelligence agent, he said he learned to operate under grave circumstances while standing face-to-face with some of … [Read more...]
Bahrain International Airshow 2024
NOVEMBER 18, 2024 – U.S. aircraft and servicemembers assigned to U.S. Central Command participated in the 2024 Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS24) alongside coalition and partner nations at Sakhir Airbase, Bahrain, Nov. 13-15, 2024. During this year’s airshow, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Derek France, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander and Combined Forces Air … [Read more...]
Collaborating to Win Wars … With Water
NASA and the USAF hold a ribbon cutting at the Pentagon, Va., Oct. 30, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chad Trujillo) NOVEMBER 18, 2024 - U.S. Air Force and NASA officials gathered at the Pentagon to celebrate their collaboration and the initial operational capability of Global Hydro-Intelligence, a strategic tool designed to predict and manage water-related risks for … [Read more...]
Honoring an Air Force Hero
Dr. Ravi Chaudhary, left, assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, installations and environment, artist June Xu and Undersecretary of the Air Force Melissa Dalton unveil a painting of actor and World War II veteran Sgt. Sabu Dastagir at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Nov. 12, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich) NOVEMBER 15, 2024 - The Department of the … [Read more...]