WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 15 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Marisa Alia-Novobilski The Air Force Materiel Command's AFMC We Need team will travel to operating locations across the command footprint to conduct in-person focus groups beginning July 22. The AFMC We Need enterprise-wide initiative, launched in late June, seeks inputs and recommendations from AFMC civilian and military Airmen that can help posture the command to best support the National Defe  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 15 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Donna Lindner The Air Force Research Laboratory, serving as Department of Defense Executive Agent Program Office of the Defense Production Act Title III Program, has issued a hybrid Funding Opportunity Announcement that will provide extensive flexibility to efficiently award production technology projects to strengthen domestic manufacturing and the defense industrial base. DPA Title III authori  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 16 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Donna Lindner The Air Force Research Laboratory, serving as Department of Defense Executive Agent Program Office of the Defense Production Act Title III Program, has issued a hybrid funding opportunity announcement that will provide extensive flexibility to efficiently award production technology projects to strengthen domestic manufacturing and the defense industrial base. DPA Title III authori  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 17 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Stacey Geiger The Department of Systems Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology offers tuition waived systems engineering programs for the military and civilian workforce. The programs range from certificates up through doctoral degrees. Certificate and master's courses are offered both on-line and in-residence. Further, the certificate courses can be directly appli  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 15 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Marisa Alia-Novobilski The Air Force Materiel Command's AFMC We Need team will travel to operating locations across the command to conduct in-person focus groups beginning July 22. The AFMC We Need enterprise-wide initiative, launched in late June 2019, seeks inputs and recommendations from AFMC civilian and military Airmen that can help posture the command to best support the National Defense S  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 15 -- The U.S. Air Force (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Marisa Alia-Novobilski The Air Force Materiel Command's AFMC We Need team will travel to operating locations across the command footprint to conduct in-person focus groups beginning July 22. The team will travel to Hill Air Force Base to host focus groups July 30-Aug. 1. The AFMC We Need enterprise-wide initiative, launched in late June, seeks inputs and recommendations from  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By John Van Winkle The Air Force Research Laboratory's Advanced Science & Technology Symposium has been rescheduled for July 24, 1-5 p.m., at the Top of the Market Banquet Center in Dayton. This event was originally scheduled to happen May 29, but was postponed after several tornadoes struck the local area on Memorial Day. At the symposium, AFRL's junior scientists and engine  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 18 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Bryan Ripple David Shahady, director of the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program knows a thing or two about competition - both athletically and the business variety. A seven-time Ironman Triathlete, he has been racing for almost 19 years - although he had never won a race until recently when his 18-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son joine  more

FORT LEE, Virginia, July 15 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: The following contracts with a value of over $7 million were awarded last week and will be administered by the Defense Contract Management Agency. The agency currently manages approximately 350,000 contracts with an overall total value of $5.2 trillion. The agency also currently authorizes $678.4 million in contractor payments per business day. AIR FORCE Sossec Inc., has been awarded a $355,000,00  more

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Brig. Gen. C. McCauley von Hoffman became the new Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander at Hill AFB during a change of command ceremony on July 19. As commander of the Ogden ALC, von Hoffman will lead a team of approximately 8,100 personnel who perform depot repair, overhaul, and modification of the A-10, C-130, F-16, F-22, F-35 and T-38 aircraft, the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following column: 50 years ago this week, one of Ohio's greatest sons, Neil Armstrong, became the first man to walk on the Moon. On July 20, 1969, the world watched in awe as grainy footage beamed in from the lunar surface 289,000 miles away to millions of TV screens around the globe. As a 13-year-old, I will never forget watching on a small black-and-white TV as Neil Armstrong made his famous first small step then walked on the stark   more

SYRACUSE, Utah, July 15 -- The U.S. Air Force (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Situated in the Wasatch mountain range in northern Utah, outside the gates of Hill Air Force Base, scientists, engineers, technicians, and educators will have a new state-of-the-art facility to help revolutionize future manufacturing technologies. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center in collaboration with the Air Force Sustainment Center will be opening a joint technologies center to advance eme  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 15 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Brian Brackens During a ribbon cutting ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, July 9, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Fighters and Bombers Directorate officially opened a new $1.5 million facility essential to protecting weapon systems from cyber threats and mitigating cyber vulnerabilities across the Air Force fighters and bombers fleet. One of the Air Force's ongoing challen  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 17 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Myra Saxon Every day stressors and major life events can get the best of us and cause the need to seek additional support to help travail through the challenges that impact our resilience and well-being. At Wright-Patterson AFB, these resources are collectively known as the Community Action Team (formerly called Integrated Delivery System). Some of the resources include: T  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 15 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Brian Brackens At a ribbon cutting ceremony here July 9, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Fighters and Bombers Directorate officially opened a new $1.5 million facility essential to protecting weapon systems from cyber threats and mitigating cyber vulnerabilities across the Air Force fighters and bombers fleet. One of the Air Force's ongoing challenges is to create processes, infrast  more