JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently introduced a new tool to help installations collect, manage and use civil engineering data more efficiently. The tool - a custom-designed mobile tab for the NexGen IT system - gives civil engineer field technicians a user-friendly option for accessing, logging and updating work task information directly f  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Shannon Carabajal, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently introduced a new tool to help installations collect, manage and use civil engineering data more efficiently. The tool - a custom-designed mobile tab for the NexGen IT system - gives civil engineer field technicians a user-friendly option for accessing, logging and updating work task info  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 20 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: Dr. Sanjeev Gunawardena, electrical engineering research associate professor within the Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering and Management was inducted as a 2024 Fellow in The Institute of Navigation in January 2024. "Dr. Sanjeev Gunawardena has been elected for his contributions to the innovation, education, standardization, and proliferation of satellite navigat  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 20 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: A team led by Air Force Institute of Technology faculty members Lt. Col. James Dean and MSgt. Benjamin Johnis, along with master's student Lt. Josiah Stearns, delivered a fully functional prototype that automatically identifies malicious navigation signal interference with 96% accuracy as part of the Bravo 11 Bits2Effects Hackathon in February. As a result, the AFIT-led team received first place  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 17 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: The Air Force Institute of Technology welcomes Dr. Scott Graham as the new dean for research leading the Office of Research and Outreach. He is currently a professor of computer engineering in AFIT's Graduate School of Engineering and Management. "I have been a fan of AFIT since I learned about it as an undergraduate cadet," Graham said. "It is an extraordinary place with innate ability to posi  more

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin, April 19 -- The Experimental Aircraft Association issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The organization that develops, delivers, and sustains nearly every U.S. Air Force weapon system will be center stage at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, as the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is among the highlighted units at this year's event. The 71st edition of EAA's fly-in convention is July 22-28 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. "The Air Force Materie  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: By Whitney Wetsig, Air Force Research Laboratory An Air Force Research Laboratory-developed physiological monitoring system for pilots completed a series of F-16 flight tests March 4-17, 2024, at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, or TPS, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron also completed flight tests on the system in January and February 20  more

EDWARDS AFB, California, April 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: An Air Force Materiel Command accident investigation board recently identified the cause of an MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft accident which fatally injured Stephanie Rodriguez-Cosme, 32, of Palmdale, California. Rodriguez-Cosme was critically injured Sept. 7, 2023, when she inadvertently walked into the parked aircraft's rotating propeller. She died shortly after being airlifted  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and the top-ranking military leaders from the Air Force and Space Force told a House committee April 17 that adequately defending the nation against modern-day adversaries demands the services modernize quickly and that Congress deliver funding in a timely and predictable manner. The dominant messages from Kendall, Air Force Chie  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Jeremy Dunn, Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs The Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program, or APOP, will hold its 15th annual symposium and poster session at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, April 19, 2024, from noon to 3 p.m. The event is possible due to the support of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and the Air Force Li  more