• Early registration has advantages

    Anyone registering for the Air Force Marathon before April 30 will be automatically entered to win an All Access Prize Package. "We did this contest last year in July and it was a huge hit, but this year the races are filling up so fast that we didn't dare wait until then," said Molly Louden, Air

  • Back from the war: AFMC commander refines support priorities

    When asked if he returned home with a to-do list after visiting select Pacific Air Forces bases and Afghanistan, Gen. Donald Hoffman thumbed through a quarter-inch stack of papers before citing several examples during a March 25, 2011, interview."The purpose of this trip was not to solve

  • X-51A Waverider flight test postponed

    The Air Force elected not to launch the X-51A Waverider during a planned March 24 hypersonic flight test at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.An Air Force Flight Test Center B-52 bomber departed Edwards AFB carrying the X-51A shortly before 9 a.m. Pacific Time and flew as planned to the designated

  • Human Performance Wing helps develop standardized approach to space training

    The Standard Space Trainer that recently debuted at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado is significant because it encompasses a standardized approach to training people to operate different and very complex space systems. The technology concept for the SST was developed by scientists and engineers

  • Senior leaders thank KC-46A source selection team

    Department of Defense and Air Force senior leaders flew here from Washington March 21 to congratulate the team responsible for the source selection of the Air Force's top acquisition priority: the KC-46A tanker. Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley; Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition,

  • F-22 Raptor flown on synthetic biofuel

    An F-22 Raptor successfully flew at supercruise March 18 on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina, a weed-like plant not used for food.The flight was the capstone of a series of ground and flight test events conducted by the 411th Flight Test

  • Bandtastic! concert coming April 2

    The public is invited to the fifth annual Bandtastic! concert Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.The concert by the Air Force Band of Flight will showcase classic concert band literature and premiering fresh and new band works in the museum's Modern Flight

  • Modified X-51A Waverider ready for next hypersonic test

    The Air Force currently plans to fly its second X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test demonstrator as early as March 22, program officials said March 15."We are proud of the first flight results, and at the same time we understand the inherent risk in a high-technology demonstrator like the X-51A.

  • Air Force Marathon seeks Volunteer Coordinators

    The Air Force Marathon office is seeking applicants for the Volunteer Coordinators who will be instrumental in executing the historical 15th annual running event. "These positions serve as ambassadors of the 2011 Air Force Marathon," said Jeanette Monaghan, Staff Volunteer Coordinator. "They are