• CORONA yields personnel decisions, mission requirements

    Air Force senior leaders addressed numerous strategic and personnel issues, from manpower re-alignment to uniform changes to nuclear enterprise initiatives, when they met here for CORONA TOP June 4 through 6. "This is a forum where we need to address everything from fundamental strategic issues to

  • Wright-Patt welcomes new cadre of acquisition workers

    The first crop of three groups of new civilian contracting specialists raised their hand here Monday, June 8 to become federal employees in the Air Force's acquisition workforce. The 33 college graduates, nearly all with either masters or law degrees, are part of a group of 138 new hires that will

  • Look up, look around, there's lots to see at the Tattoo

    Patrons can anticipate seeing a lot of activity in the air and on the ground when they attend the fifth annual Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo on June 26. Free and open to the public, Freedom's Call Tattoo takes place on the grounds adjacent the National Museum of the U.S. Air

  • Energy harvesting for future UAVs

    Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are expected to power Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the future because they are an optimum energy harvesting source that may lead to longer flight times without refueling. The University of Washington's Multidisciplinary University Research

  • AFMC and union leadership reaffirm partnership

    A strong partnership was reaffirmed as leaders of the Air Force' largest civilian employer and the military's largest employee union sat down to discuss workforce issues here May 28. Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, and John Gage, national president of the American

  • USAF Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft makes first flight

    The Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin's famed 'Skunk Works' launched a new era of aircraft manufacturing technology and performance June 2 with the successful initial demonstration flight of the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif. The ACCA

  • APBI brings Innovation for Warfighters

    Members of the Air Force Uniform Office attended the Advanced Planning Brief for Industry in Springfield, Va., May 12-14, to present and challenge members of industry with current and future design needs for uniforms and equipment. The APBI is a networking opportunity between industry and the

  • Aaron Tippin: Country music star at home with Air Force

    A friendship that's been in the making for nearly 20 years will continue on June 26 when country music superstar Aaron Tippin and his band, the Stemwinders, play an hour-long concert at the fifth annual Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo. The event is free and open to the public, and