WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: When AFMC Commander, Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., launched the AFMC We Need campaign in 2019, many were skeptical if true change would result from the study. However, one year later, the initiative continues to drive success across the mission, bringing positive change and improvements, moving the command closer to the ideal set in motion by the operation's pursuit. "We're continuing   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: Dr. Adedeji Badiru, dean of the Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering and Management will receive the second annual Taylor & Francis Lifetime Achievement Award during a virtual ceremony on Oct. 30. This award is in honor of Badiru's significant and pioneering contributions in the field of industrial and systems engineering and for his extensive publ  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Since early March 2020, approximately 130,000 COVID-19 samples have been tested and processed at the Air Force's sole epidemiology reference laboratory housed in the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. This number equates to about 17% of all samples of COVID-19 that have been tested across the Department of Defense. And as the demand fluctuated and continues, laboratory personnel remain agil  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has completed the second phase of awards for the Skyborg Prototyping, Experimentation and Autonomy Development (SPEAD) multiple indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. This round adds AeroVironment Inc., Simi Valley, California; Autodyne LLC, Boston, Massachusetts; BAE System Controls Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Blue Force  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's B-2 Program Office was recently recognized with the 2019 Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence Award, as well as the 2019 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award. Named after the 20th Secretary of the Air Force, who served from 2001 to 2005, the Roche Award is given to the Air Force aircraft program office that has the most impr  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Agile Combat Support Directorate's Simulators Division, recently spearheaded an effort to relocate a hypobaric altitude chamber from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida to the 344th Training Squadron Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence hangar at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The chamber will provide low oxygen, and low pressure training, which is critical for Airmen in p  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news on Sept. 30: Today, the Air Force will complete the transfer of the F-22 program from Wright Patterson AFB, OH to Hill AFB, UT. This transfer reaffirms the Air Force's commitment, and coupled with the transfer of the Product Support Manager position from Wright Patterson AFB, OH to Hill AFB, UT earlier in FY20, satisfies the direction to the Air Force to complete this activity by FY20  more

GUNTER ANNEX, Alabama, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate recently awarded a $98 million contract to Accenture Federal Services, LLC for continued design, development, integration, test, implementation, and sustainment of a web-based Maintenance Repair and Overhaul initiative (MROi) solution, incorporating maintenance driven financials, using commerc  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: With the ability to fly 6,000 nautical miles without refueling, travel at high subsonic speeds, and reach any part of the world within hours, the Air Force's B-2 Spirit - the nation's only stealth bomber - is often first to the fight. With only 20 B-2s in the active fleet, a unique mission set and a high ops tempo, it's a challenge keeping the aircraft flying and effective, The tas  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize the 25th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnian Serbs used concentration camps as a tool against Muslim men, women and children, culminating in a genocide in July of 1995, where some 8,000 Muslim men and teenagers were detained and killed. Following air  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 1: Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize the 25th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnian Serbs used concentration camps as a tool against Muslim men, women and children, culminating in a genocide in July of 1995, where some 8,000 Muslim men and teenagers were detained and killed  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has gained a new veterinary branch chief, and she is well acquainted with her primary mission - overseeing the complete veterinary care of the base's seven military working dogs. After all, Capt. (Dr.) Casey Barwell owns a retired MWD, Suzy, a 12-year-old all-black German Shepherd who retired from Malmstrom AFB, Montana, and is specialized in drug   more

DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 1 (TNSGra) -- University of Dayton issued the following news release: The University of Dayton Research Institute will use a new $60 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to support the development of advanced aerospace coating protection systems. The five-year award to UDRI's Nonstructural Materials Division will cover research and development of coatings and technologies designed to prevent corrosion and erosion damage to aerospace structures, which will  more