WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Col. Patrick Miller and other 88th Air Base Wing leaders recognized first-quarter award winners during a virtual commander's call April 29. "The 'top four' are humbled to serve with you and for you each and every day," the 88 ABW and installation commander said. "Thanks for what you're doing. Thanks for being part of this team. Next quarter, I can't wait to see who's next." Individual and t  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Gregory Leingang, 88th Air Base Wing vice director, personally administered the oath of office to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's newest public servants April 26 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, highlighting the gravity and heritage of civilians in this formal commitment to protect the Constitution. "Article 6 of the Constitution states that an oath is required," Leingang said  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 5 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: Despite COVID-19 restrictions, students at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Center for Space Research and Assurance are learning how to solve real-world space problems through modeling and simulation technology. Current AFIT Masters of Science students in astronautical engineering or space systems programs with a space control specialty sequence can enroll in the Center's "Space Mission Mod  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 6 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The U.S. Air Force has awarded the first airworthiness approval for a manned electric aircraft to BETA Technologies, a partner in the AFWERX Agility Prime program. This enables BETA to begin flying its ALIA aircraft in the Agility Prime program. The airworthiness award from the Air Force is the latest milestone in BETA's test program after recently entering its next phase of flight testing. "U.S. Air Force engin  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 5 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The variety of resources available to Air Force Employee Assistance Program users will increase with the revamping of the program's coaching and financial services, which went live May 1. The EAP is expanding the level of support to members by encompassing "positive" engagements, such as lifestyle coaching, where participants can establish goals and priorities to maximize personal stability. The refined program  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Skyborg leadership team conducted a two-hours and ten minute flight test April 29 of the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS) aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle at Tyndall AFB, Florida. Termed Milestone 1 of the Autonomous Attritable Aircraft Experimentation (AAAx) campaign, the ACS performed a series of foundational behaviors necessary to characterize safe system op  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: Putting new technology or upgrades on the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet faster, is the focus of The Edge, a new innovation cell that the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Bombers Directorate created late last year. "We were stood up to think differently and 'outside of the box,'" said Randy Hildebrandt, chief of The Edge. "Our goal is to work closely with Air Force Global Strike  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: Lt. Col. Dan Watson traded his oak leaf for the silver eagle May 1 within the same gates as his first assignment, joining the tiny 1 percent of active-duty personnel who have achieved a rank of colonel or higher in the Air Force. But Watson, now chief of acquisition law for the Air Force Materiel Command Law Office, attributes his ambitious leadership status on the legal team toda  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: The 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing's 28th Intelligence Squadron based at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is making history for the wing as it is led entirely by women. Under the command of Lt. Col. Elisabeth Applegate, the 28th IS is home to more than 70 Reserve Barracudas, specializing in providing airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operators to special ope  more

HILL AFB, Utah, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Ogden Air Logistics Center Commander Brig. Gen. McCauley von Hoffman was promoted to major general in a May 7 ceremony at Hill Air Force Base. The second star was pinned on by her husband Mitch and their three daughters Candace, Victoria and Kathleen. The ceremony was presided over by retired major general Kathryn J. Johnson, former director of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protec  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 7 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Skyborg leadership team conducted a 2 hour and 10 minute flight test of the Skyborg autonomy core system, or ACS, aboard a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical unmanned vehicle at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, April 29. Termed Milestone 1 of the Autonomous Attritable Aircraft Experimentation, or AAAx, campaign, the ACS performed a series of foundational behaviors necessary to characterize safe system operation. The AC  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Rapid Sustainment Office is the organization under the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center charged with transforming the operations and sustainment enterprise vital to the world's most advanced Air Force. It makes sense they would look for people with a diversity of experience to include a background in sustaining Air Force systems. Col. Nicole Ruff-Lehman serves as the Milit  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 5 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David W. Allvin visited various Air Force Research Laboratory facilities April 26 to see how the 711th Human Performance Wing is leveraging data and collaboration to enable, enhance, sustain, and restore Airmen and Guardians throughout their career lifecycle. Allvin received a full day of briefings and demonstrations by the 711th HPW's Airman Systems Directorate and U.S.  more