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By Leslie Heck, Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs / Published April 23, 2021 The 711 Human Performance Wings Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team aided contractor Combat Power Solutions’ Small Business Innovation Research project to develop a much-needed warfighter capability: a portable charging device (shown by itself here in its final prototype) for a radio that is critical during combat survival. (Photo courtesy of Combat Power Solutions, LLC) The...

By K. Houston Waters , 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs / Published March 26, 2021 Steven Wert, program executive officer, Digital, headquartered here, addresses defense and industry leaders during the AFCEA Lexington-Concord Chapter’s New Horizons 2021 March 23. The theme of virtual five-day event was “Accelerating Change -- Strengthening Partnerships --Securing the Future.” Col. Amanda Kato, AF PEO, Nuclear Command, Control and Communications, headquartered here, addr...

The U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX from the Boeing Co. on March 10, 2021 at the company’s St. Louis facility.,

A new series of displays highlighting women’s achievements in their civilian and military careers with an emphasis on the U.S. Air Force and its predecessors will be officially opened during a live-streamed virtual event on March 5 at 6:30 p.m. (Tune-in,

Kevin Ashley was once told that everyone has a song within them. Ashley, an inside machinist in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Model and Machine Shop at Arnold Air Force Base, found his not long after acquiring his first Native American flute. In the years since, he has not only continued to hone his playing but has added to his collection by meticulously crafting several of his own flutes. “I’ve played guitars and banjos and different instruments, and that’s a lot of fun, but...

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) –  For athletes, achieving peak performance takes more than skill and practice. Other important but less obvious factors — including nutrition, sleep, mental state, resilience, and more — are critical in,

By Bradley Hicks, AEDC/PA / Published February 16, 2021 KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Throughout 2020, the 704th Test Group’s Operating Location AA, part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, focused much of its effort on the testing of weapons designed to prevent adversarial drone observation and assault. The latest system tested, the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2, also known as HELWS2 or H2, is a counter-Unmanned Aerial System (c-UAS) directed energ...

Air Force Materiel Command expanded its COVID-19 surveillance testing in January 2021, extending the voluntary testing to civilian personnel at four AFMC installations. ,

Staff Sgt. Jordon Varnier, crime prevention program manager for the 30th Security Forces Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, will have a chance to help develop a more innovative Air Force as he was selected to be one of eight finalists for,

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have partnered to create a facility for investigation of in-flight oxygen issues, achieving operational capability with the first,