A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 165th Airlift Wing in Savannah, Georgia, sits on display at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Aug. 23, 2024. The aircraft was part of a C-130 aircraft celebration taking place at the Robins AFB depot hangar. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Barry Bena) AUGUST 29, 2024 - Since its first flight Aug. 23, 1954, the C-130 Hercules has … [Read more...]
ICBM Launch Codes Changed Remotely
U.S. Air Force Maj. Hayden McVeigh, 625th Strategic Operations Squadron deputy missile combat crew commander-airborne, turns the keys to initiate the launch of an unarmed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile during an Operational Test Launch out of Vandenberg Space Force Base, April 18, 2023. AUGUST 28, 2024 - Twentieth Air Force achieved a significant milestone with the … [Read more...]
Air Force Receives First EA-37B Compass Call
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Andrew Small, 55th Wing command chief, Col. Mark Howard, 55th Wing commander, Lt. Gen. Thomas Hensley, 16th Air Force commander, Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of Air Combat Command, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Hopkins, 16th Air Force command chief, Lt. Col. Stephen Koether, 645th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Detachment 1 commander, Lt. Col. Jacob … [Read more...]
Air Force Introduces Course for ATF Readiness
AUGUST 27, 2024 - The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is developing a course designed to equip combat air base squadron leaders with the skills needed to teach and lead combat support warfighters through every phase of the Air Force Force Generation model. The new Combat Support Instructor Course was introduced at the first of two 2024 Installation and … [Read more...]
LaunchPad Software Transforms Digital Workforce
AUGUST 26, 2024 – A new cloud-based software tool environment is driving transformative change across the Digital Materiel Management workspace at the Air Force Materiel Command. The Department of the Air Force Digital Transformation Office teamed up with Digital Platform as a Service (DPaaS) and contractor SAIC to create LaunchPad, an enterprise-funded software environment … [Read more...]