NOVEMBER 21, 2024 - The Department of the Air Force (DAF) recorded significant audit achievements in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, securing remediations for all three of its audit roadmap targets, including two material weaknesses (MW) and one significant deficiency (SD). “Our teams continue to make progress towards our audit goals,” said Carlos Rodgers, Acting Assistant Secretary … [Read more...]
Pilots Announced for the DRL Air Force Miami Invitational
NOVEMBER 20, 2024 — The Drone Racing League, the world’s premier professional drone racing property, today announced the twelve elite pilots who will be competing during the DRL U.S. Air Force Miami Invitational. Presented by the U.S. Air Force, the DRL Championship event will take place on Saturday, February 1 at 7pm at LoanDepot Park, home of the MLB’s Miami Marlins. "I'm … [Read more...]
Remote Start System for the KC-46 Pegasus
Staff Sgt. Hunter Diedrich, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab noncommissioned officer in charge, and Senior Airman Douglas Vargas, 22nd ARW Innovation Lab intern, work on the KC-46A Pegasus Auxiliary Power Unit Start System (APRUSS) at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Nov. 14, 2024. This year, the lab was awarded $250,000 by the Defense Innovation Unit to continue … [Read more...]
Former Soldier Navigates Job Hunt
NOVEMBER 19, 2024 — In early 2017, Michael Quinn endured what he called the worst day in the worst year of his life. Quinn, then a sergeant major and 24-year Army Soldier, had weathered deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines. As an Army counter-intelligence agent, he said he learned to operate under grave circumstances while standing face-to-face with some of … [Read more...]
Bahrain International Airshow 2024
NOVEMBER 18, 2024 – U.S. aircraft and servicemembers assigned to U.S. Central Command participated in the 2024 Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS24) alongside coalition and partner nations at Sakhir Airbase, Bahrain, Nov. 13-15, 2024. During this year’s airshow, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Derek France, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander and Combined Forces Air … [Read more...]