U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Tinker employee saves AF $5 million

    A logistics management specialist in the cruise missile product group came up with a suggestion to save the Air Force close to $5.5 million.In the process, Tracy Thompson earned $10,000 for himself through the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program.Thompson came up with his

  • Kit redesign prevents parts damage

    Spare parts onboard E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft will no longer be bubble-wrapped parcels rattling around inside unpadded containers.Instead, each critical part of a spares package will be nestled into customized niches cut into polyethelene foam, said Airman 1st Class

  • Academy ranks among nation’s best

    The U.S. Air Force Academy has one of the nation's top undergraduate engineering programs, according to U.S. News & World Report.The national news magazine released its America’s Best Colleges 2004 edition, which rated universities in a number of general areas. In the overall engineering rankings

  • Cadet faces court-martial

    An Air Force Academy cadet is scheduled to be court-martialed here Aug. 28.Cadet 2nd Class Robert C. Graham II has been charged with using and distributing Ecstasy and an Ecstasy derivative. The crimes are felonies and violations of Article 112a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Graham

  • AFMC welcomes new commander

    Air Force Materiel Command’s new leader officially accepted command Aug. 22 during a ceremony at the Air Force Museum here.Gen. Gregory S. Martin assumed command from Gen. Lester L. Lyles who held the position since April 2000. Following the change of command, Lyles retired after 35 years of

  • Experiment decreases space-launch damage

    New technology that counteracts vibrations produced during a rocket launch may help limit damage to space-bound payloads, thanks to Air Force Research Laboratory scientists.Known as active isolation and acoustic mitigation, this new technology uses something like a home stereo speaker to counteract

  • Delta II launches NASA space telescope

    NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility launched from here Aug. 25 at 1:35 a.m. EDT aboard a Delta II launch vehicle.The new observatory entered an Earth-trailing orbit about 43 minutes after launch. About 64 minutes after take-off, the NASA Deep Space Network station in Canberra, Australia,

  • Air Force reaches recruiting goal

    The Air Force reached its enlisted-contract goal Aug. 22 with the signing of its 37,000th enlistment contract. More than 32,000 people entered basic military training since Sept. 30. The Air Force now has enough contracts to meet its goal for the fiscal year and has for the past four years,

  • Doctor awarded for work in info therapy

    A doctor here has been recognized by U.S. Medicine, a medical news organization, for his pioneering work in information therapy.Col. (Dr.) Kent Murphy, founder of the academy’s Center of Excellence for Medical Multimedia, was awarded the Frank Brown Berry Prize in Federal Healthcare. His influence

  • Air Force teamwork saves U.N. lives

    Airmen from several Air Force units at Baghdad International Airport rescued seven U.N. employees injured when a terrorist bomb exploded outside their headquarters here Aug. 19. Approximately 90 minutes after the attack, 301st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron officials sent two combat search and rescue