APRIL 8, 2022 - An airborne E-3G Sentry, operated by the Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, Combined Test Force updated its electronic support measures, or ESM, database in flight over central Texas with a file transmitted from its reprogramming center at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, using an existing beyond line-of-site satellite communications system. The E-3G … [Read more...]
Air Force Refines Pilot Candidate Selection Process
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 - Several Air Education and Training Command initiatives to remove barriers for qualified candidates in the pilot candidate selection process were highlighted in the Air Force’s six-month assessment of its initial Racial Disparity Report, Sept. 9. Pilot candidates may now: Use their highest composite scores from any Air Force Officer Qualifying Test … [Read more...]
Air Force Team Champions Women’s Health Care
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 - The Air Force’s Women’s Initiative Team has multiple lines of effort addressing barriers through policy change. The members of the WIT’s Female-Specialized Health Care Programs have a vision to build an Air Force health care system that strengthens high quality women’s care. “Our goal is to remove barriers so that it is easier for women to continue … [Read more...]
Special Tactics Airmen Conclude Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 - Special tactics Airmen assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing concluded their response to augment humanitarian aid efforts in Haiti, Sept. 2, following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the country Aug. 14. The special tactics Airmen were alerted on the morning of Aug. 16 that they would augment Joint Task Force-Haiti relief efforts. With the … [Read more...]
Air Force Plans For Mandatory COVID Vaccination
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 - During a roundtable discussion at the 459th Air Refueling Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Sep. 11, Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones met with Air Force Reservists to discuss the Department of Defense-wide COVID-19 vaccination directive and its quickly-approaching completion deadline of Dec. 2, for the Air Force Reserve established by Secretary … [Read more...]