• AFMC, union leadership reaffirm partnership

    Leaders of the Air Force's largest civilian employer and the military's largest employee union reaffirmed a strong partnership at their annual meeting as they sat down to discuss workforce issues here June 22. Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, and John Gage, national

  • Final C-130-J delivered to Norway early

    The Royal Norwegian Air Force will take delivery today of their fourth C-130-J Super Hercules, a full 60 days earlier than the projected delivery date. This case was the first sale of a C-130-J via the foreign military sales process. It included four aircraft, spare parts, technical publications and

  • Fighter engine bio-fuel testing underway at Arnold

    An F110 engine that powers the F-16 Fighting Falcon recently began performance testing here at Arnold Engineering Development Center using a 50/50 blend of JP-8 conventional aviation fuel and a bio-fuel derived from the oil contained in the seed of the camelina plant, commonly known as false or wild

  • 50th International Aerospace Medicine Class Graduates from Brooks City-Base

    The 711th Human Performance Wing's United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine reached a milestone with its Advanced Aerospace Medicine for International Medical Officers course by graduating its 50th class of ten students from eight countries on June 9.It is the last AAMIMO class to

  • Six altitude chambers coming to Wright-Patt

    Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing here will receive four hypobaric research chambers for aircrew research and equipment qualification testing. The Department of Defense announced June 14 the award of a $ 38.3 million contract to Environmental Tectonics Corp., Southampton,

  • AFOSI battles local businesses

    Air Force Office of Special Investigations 10th Field Investigation Squadron participated in Battle of the Businesses from June 5-12, to help raise funds for the Dayton Chapter of Special Olympics. Battle of the Businesses has been an annual event for the last 29 years, where teams made-up of

  • CMSAF visits NASIC, Wright-Patt

    Bustling conversation in the atrium of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center's conference facility was muted as doors to the atrium opened and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy entered the facility. The silence was broken by applause and cheers as the men and women of NASIC

  • NAVFAC, small business build energy-efficient reserve center for Marines

    Representatives from the Marine Corps, Navy, Army, Air Force, and a local small business officially opened a new home for a Marine reserve unit here June 18.Naval Facilities Engineering Command Midwest partnered with Dayton-based Butt Construction in 2009 to build a $10-million reserve center and