JUNE 28, 2024 - The newest, most modern prepositioned stocks worksite in the world, officially named the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, began receiving the first batch of equipment June 27 by rail. When all the APS-2 is fully in place, the new worksite will outfit an entire modernized armored brigade combat team. The receipt of 14 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks … [Read more...]
U.S. Collaborates With Indo-Pacific Partners on Defense Industrial Base
U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members work side by side to build munitions during a Combat Ammunition Production Exercise (CAPEX) at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 8, 2024. CAPEX provided participants with realistic readiness training in an around-the-clock combat air power production scenario, ensuring Pacific Air Forces and its allies remain prepared to defend … [Read more...]
PTSD: A Silent, Ignored Thief
JUNE 27, 2024 - Conflict and combat are as old as humanity, but too often they leave silent and ignored remnants in survivors that lead to symptoms that create difficulties in their everyday lives. “Soldier’s Heart,” “Shell Shock” and “Battle Fatigue” are early attempts to diagnose the symptoms exhibited by Soldiers in war. It took humanity until the 20th century to truly … [Read more...]
Air Force Releases Video of XQ-67A First Flight
JUNE 27, 2024 – The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully flew the first of a second- generation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms known as the XQ-67A demonstrator, built and flown in the Off-Board Sensing Station, or OBSS, program Feb. 28, 2024. The AFRL OBSS program is the validation of a design, build and test process that has resulted in the XQ-67A. It is the … [Read more...]
Energy Assurance Campaign Plan Emphasizes Mission-Ready Posture
JUNE 27, 2024 - The Air Force Materiel Command released an updated Energy Assurance Campaign Plan, providing a foundation for collaboration, cooperation and innovation in all energy-related fields across the organization. “Energy and water are essential mission resources we depend on every day,” said Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, AFMC commander, in the foreword. “Events of recent … [Read more...]