U.S. Air Force News

May 7, 2021
Around the Air Force: Aid to India, Agility Prime Milestone, IROC

Today’s look Around the Air Force highlights a mission to help combat COVID-19 in India, development of a new manned electric aircraft hits a milestone, and as the Installation of the Future, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, unveils its Installation Resilience Operation Center that will enhance base
May 6, 2021
Scobee testifies before House Appropriations Committee

Reserve component and congressional members discussed specific Reserve missions, modernization, mental health, diversity and the fiscal year 2022 budget. In addition, Scobee touted the many accomplishments of Reserve Airmen in a year marked by challenges.
May 6, 2021
MQ-9 Reaper gets enhanced capabilities

According to the assistant director of operations at the 174th Operations Support Squadron, capabilities include battlefield and airspace communications enhancements as well as target identification tracking and processing.
May 6, 2021
Skyborg autonomy core system has successful first flight

Termed Milestone 1 of the Autonomous Attritable Aircraft Experimentation, or AAAx, campaign, the autonomy core system performed a series of foundational behaviors necessary to characterize safe system operation.
May 5, 2021
CSAF visits Minot AFB

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. as well as members of a congressional delegation visited Minot Air Force Base, April 29.
May 5, 2021
Air Force awards first airworthiness approval for human flight in electric aircraft program

The U.S. Air Force has awarded the first airworthiness approval for a manned electric aircraft to BETA Technologies, a partner in the AFWERX Agility Prime program.
May 4, 2021
Space Security Challenge 2021: Hack-A-Sat 2 registration opens

The U.S. Air and Space Forces in collaboration with the security research community opened registration May 4 for the qualification round of the second annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat satellite hacking challenge.
May 4, 2021
VCSAF tours AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing

Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David W. Allvin visited several Air Force Research Laboratory facilities April 26 to see how the 711th Human Performance Wing is leveraging data and collaboration to enable, enhance, sustain, and restore Airmen and Guardians throughout their career
May 3, 2021
CSAF speaks with SLU cadets about need for adaptive leadership

The intent of the visit was to provide 85 potential future Air Force officers with strategic perspective and leadership guidance from the Air Force’s senior uniformed officer.
May 3, 2021
Tyndall AFB offers first glimpse of IROC prototype

The demonstration display, dubbed the Technology Lab, offered media a peek into the future of one of the innovative technologies that will make Tyndall AFB the Installation of the Future.

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