WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Katie Milligan AFWERX Hank Griffiths and Maj. Jonathan Appleby, both Air Force pilots, flew BETA Technologies' electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, ALIA, as the first-ever Airmen to fly an electric aircraft with a military airworthiness, March 9. This milestone, which took place at BETA's Plattsburgh, New York, hangar and testing facility - just 35 miles from its South Burlington, Vermont, hea  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, March 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jill Pickett AEDC Public Affairs Healtheon Inc., Turner Construction Company, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. and expFederal, Inc. were selected to perform the work required under the multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity Facilities Acquisitions for Restoration and Modernization II, or FARM II, contract for Arnold Engineering Development Complex. FARM II is   more

EDWARDS AFB, California, March 10 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: Famed test pilot, retired Brig. Gen. Robert "Bob" Cardenas has died in San Diego, California. He was 102. From June 1947 to July 1949, Cardenas was an experimental test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and was awarded the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters for experimental flight tests at Edwards. Undoubtedly his most notable achievement was p  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Brian Brackens The Air Force took another step in the effort to modernize the electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-16 fleet. On March 10, in advance of a multi-million dollar contract modification award expected later this year, the Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate issued an Unpriced Change Order (UCO) modification to Northrop Grumman for the F-16 Integrate  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Marisa Alia-Novobilski Air Force Materiel Command Tiny in size, low cost and increasingly abundant, small unmanned aircraft systems pose a big threat to military operations and installations worldwide. As the Lead Command for Counter-sUAS efforts for the Air Force, a team of seven experts from the Air Force Materiel Command Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations Dire  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 17 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Marisa Alia-Novobilski Air Force Materiel Command Tiny in size, low cost and increasingly abundant, small unmanned aircraft systems pose a big threat to military operations and installations worldwide. As the lead command for Counter-sUAS efforts for the Air Force, a team of seven experts from the Air Force Materiel Command Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations Directorate facilitates research and develo  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: President Biden recently signed a funding package into law that includes key wins for southwest Ohio that Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) helped secure, including funding local projects and other important priorities. Brown and his office worked with local entities across Ohio to request and secure Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding through the Senate Appropriations Committee, securing more than $10  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: The 88th Air Base Wing's Information Protection Directorate supported 25 organizations from across the installation during Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's annual Classified Cleanout Day on March 11. Cleared personnel destroyed 2,411 items and shredded 560 pounds of paper. Here's a detailed breakdown of the total items discarded: 1,053 Optical media (DVDs, CDs, Blu-rays) 6  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Edmund H. Moore 2021 was the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic that, thankfully, we appear to be coming out of, albeit with some bruises and scars. Personally, I led an adult Sunday school class online with a team of teachers for most of 2020, all of 2021 and into this year. During that time, many of us experienced loneliness, illness, a lack of physical touch, mental-he  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, March 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Marisa Alia-Novobilski Air Force Materiel Command Tiny in size, low cost and increasingly abundant, small unmanned aircraft systems pose a big threat to military operations and installations worldwide. As the Lead Command for Counter-sUAS efforts for the Air Force, a team of seven experts from the Air Force Materiel Command Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations Directorate   more