WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Allyson B. Crawford The Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games took place August 19-28 in Orlando, Florida. This was the first games since the pandemic halted competition for two years. Among the athletes competing was SMSgt Benjamin Seekell. He spends his days as AFLCMC First Sergeant. His evenings are spent with his four kids, wife, two dogs - and maintaining a rigorous tr  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Daryl Mayer Megan Kane, a Mechanical Engineer with the Armament Directorate at Robins AFB, Georgia, led the effort to develop an app that locates suitable spaces for nursing mothers who need to pump breast milk on a regular basis. The creation of lactation spaces either from converting existing rooms or the installation of "pods," is one of many programs led by the Women's Ini  more

EGLIN AFB, Florida, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news: By Samuel King Jr. The 96th Test Wing's pilots completed multiple in-flight vapor purge tests in a F-15E Strike Eagle, here Aug. 16-18. The tests were part of an overall Department of Defense effort, examining cockpit environmental conditions after a chemical weapon attack. The goal of this latest test was to determine how long a chemical introduced into the aircraft's air intake system on th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: U.S. Senate Air Force Caucus Co-chairs Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), John Boozman (R-AR), Jon Tester (D-MT) and John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced a resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Air Force as an independent military branch. "Ohio has a proud legacy of leading the country in aviation, from the Wright Brothers and Eddie Rickenbacker, to the airmen now serving in Toledo, Day  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Marisa Alia-Novobilski, Air Force Materiel Command The Department of the Air Force Digital Transformation Office has launched a new initiative to recognize individuals across the enterprise who are driving change in the digital domain. A virtual kick-off event on Sept. 8 introduced more than 175 digital 'doers' from across the Air and Space Force to the Digital Agents of Change campaign. The goal of the p  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 16 -- The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has announced the following news release: It is no secret that pollinators like bees and butterflies have been facing numerous threats, including habitat loss and pesticide use. Yet for more than one million participants in the nationwide Bee City USA program have taken the pollinators' plight as an opportunity to get to work. From early beginnings with a single chapter in Asheville, North Carolina in 2012 led by fo  more