U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Air Force prepares to commemorate 60th anniversary

    Big things are in store for Airmen, as Air Force leaders have planned more than a year's worth of commemoratory activities leading up to the Air Force's 60th anniversary, Sept. 18, 2007. Brig. Gen. Janet Therianos, director of the 60th Anniversary office at the Pentagon, said this upcoming year will

  • Air Force launches Young Investigators Research Program

    Air Force Office of Scientific Research officials here announced Oct. 2 an award of approximately $6.3 million in grants to 21 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's new Young Investigator Research Program. The program is open to scientists and

  • DOD-sponsored financial seminar matches dollars with sense

    About 200 military and family members received money management tips from a famous financial expert during a Defense Department-sponsored seminar held at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here Sept. 30. Kelvin Boston, host of the PBS television series, "Moneywise," employed his debonair, animated

  • Unit stands up at Vandenberg

    U.S. Strategic Command officials have split a single function into two in order to transform and enhance U.S. space capabilities. The Joint Functional Component Command for Space and Global Strike has been divided into JFCC for Space and JFCC for Global Strike and Integration. The split, initially

  • Museum breaks ground for World War II hangar

    Members of the Museum of Aviation Foundation put shovels in the ground Sept. 29 to ceremonially begin construction of a new hangar filled with exhibits on World War II."We know firsthand the heartfelt commitment of Middle Georgia to the United States Air Force and to all of our military forces,"

  • Ceremony brings historic 23rd Wing to Moody

    The 347th Rescue Wing was officially re-designated as the 23rd Wing during a ceremony at 8:23 a.m. here Sept. 29.The ceremony culminated several recent changes to Moody's wing, including the assimilation of the 23rd Fighter Group at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., and Moody's 820th Security Forces Group.

  • AFMC seeks to streamline test, evaluation processes

    If changes to the test and evaluation phases of new concept cars would improve mass production processes and reduce recalls, wouldn't it make sense for an auto manufacturer to spend $1 now if it meant saving $10 later? Officials at Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command think so and are applying

  • Missile squadron poised for 72-hour alerts

    Missile combat crews in the 490th Missile Squadron here are helping the 20th Air Force transform missile operations as crewmembers started performing 72-hour alerts using three-person crews Sept. 30. Twentieth Air Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Thomas F. Deppe, suggested the 72-hour alert initiative and

  • Design of Air Force Memorial evokes air itself

    When architect James Ingo Freed set out to conceive a memorial for the Air Force, he faced a problem: How to design a monumental structure that evokes the air itself."It's easy to describe an element that the Army deals with, which is land, and the Navy, which is water. It's more challenging to

  • New capability improves search, rescue response

    Pararescuemen in the 347th Rescue Group here are preparing to add a new capability to their life-saving arsenal soon. Kangaroo Duck, a process which involves strapping an inflatable rubber raft to the underbelly of an HH-60 Pave Hawk, will be used to better assist with water-rescue scenarios, like