• New AFRL pilot program to recruit and retain future engineers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – To diversify the workforce and replace employees nearing retirement in the Air Force, a new pilot program was developed to recruit young talent in the local area.   Leadership, Experience, Growing Apprenticeships Committed to Youth, LEGACY, is a new program

  • AFCEC to host Air Force Encroachment Management Symposium

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Regional Development Planning Branch hosts the annual Air Force Encroachment Management, or AFEM, training event Aug. 1-3, at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.    The symposium provides encroachment management stakeholders with the knowledge and skills necessary to

  • Advanced navigation system developed through Air Force agreement

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Locata Corporation delivered a highly accurate navigation system that performs in wide-area GPS jamming environments caused by electronic warfare.The 746th

  • Acquisition as wargame

    The Pentagon’s Air Force acquisition office challenged teams to protect nearly one million users from dangerous malware during a pilot wargame held June 26-30 at the Hanscom Conference Center here.The wargame scenario was ripped from the headlines and one of the three participating teams were

  • Happy 25th birthday, AFMC!

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command (center); Maj. Gen. Warren D. Berry (left), AFMC vice commander; and Chief Master Sgt. Jason L. France, AFMC command chief, prepare to cut a cake commemorating AFMC's 25th anniversary. A brief

  • 88th Financial Analysis Flight manages budget for 88th Air Base Wing

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The business of ensuring the financial resources of the 88th Air Base Wing are managed properly is not just a task that is fulfilled at the beginning of a fiscal year or at year-end closeout on Sept. 30.In fact, it’s a daily process that even under optimal

  • Acquisition as wargame

    The Pentagon’s Air Force acquisition office challenged teams to protect nearly one million users from dangerous malware during a pilot wargame held June 26-30 at the Hanscom Conference Center here.The wargame scenario was ripped from the headlines and one of the three participating teams were

  • Focus Week registration opens for courses being offered July 24-28

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The third Focus Week of 2017, scheduled for July 24-28 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is approaching. Registration opens June 30 and continues until the day before each course is held. The July Focus Week is focused on career