• Eagle Vision provided insight before, after Sandy

    Days before Hurricane Sandy hit, personnel from the Eagle Vision program office here were working on imagery collection."Often the emergency responders like to have views of the areas hit by a natural disaster both before and after the event," said Capt. Chris Berardi, program manager. "The team

  • QF-16 arrives for testing, advances 53rd WEG mission

    The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group marked an important milestone in continuing to prepare the warfighter for tomorrow's threats as the first QF-16 drone arrived for developmental testing Nov. 19."The work done prior to today and the test work that is forthcoming will enable the Air Force to

  • AFMC promotes wellness screening campaign

    Throughout December and January, Air Force Materiel Command will be promoting the "Do You Know Your Numbers" wellness campaign. This campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of knowing your numbers to help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular

  • New AFRL laboratory forging future of energy-efficient aircraft

    With an eye toward the energy optimization needs of future military aircraft, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is cutting the ribbon on a new, state-of-the-art facility to meet the research and development demands of complex and rapidly-changing platforms.The Advanced Power and Thermal

  • Commentary: This is how we do

    The other night I was driving home from work listening to the radio. A commercial came on for Mountain Dew and Jason Aldean, a popular country singer, said, "This is how I do" -- then went on to explain his life philosophy. Later I saw a commercial with another music star that was advertising for

  • Contract award helps keep BACN airborne

    The Space, Aerial and Nuclear Network Division here recently awarded a firm-fixed-price contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. for long-term platform maintenance on four E-11A aircraft. The current amount awarded is $48 million, which is for a one-year base. There are four one-year options,

  • F-35A OUE events completed, success handed to AETC for review

    A major step in the building the Air Force's F-35A Lightning II training program was accomplished when the 33rd Fighter Wing completed the training and flying portion of the service's operational utility evaluation on schedule Nov. 15.Four pilots began training when the evaluation started Sept. 10,

  • F-22 repair task transferred to Tinker

    New organic workload activated at Tinker Air Force Base will bring an estimated 37,000 hours of repair work annually to mechanics in Bldg. 3001.F-22 Raptor Airframe Mounted Nozzle Sidewall repair capabilities on liners and structures were transferred recently from the supplier, Pratt & Whitney, to

  • Ten are promoted to Chief at Wright-Patt

    The Air Force has released the list of 454 senior master sergeants selected for promotion to chief master sergeant, including 10 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. To see the comprehensive list, go to http://www.afpc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-121108-007.pdf. Those selected represent 22.9

  • Foreign military sales big business for Robins

    The business of foreign military sales at Robins Air Force Base is a big one - to the tune of more than $10 billion. "Our goal in FMS is to build good relations with our partner nations and ensure interoperability between our forces," said Desi Maldonado, an operations chief with the Air Force