WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 18 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: The Air Force Institute of Technology's School of Systems and Logistics offers a Current Topics in Digital Acquisition and Digital Materiel Management Workshop (WKSP 0732) designed to provide continuing and on-demand education to support the Department of the Air Force's digital acquisition vision. The topics are targeted to personnel involved in new acquisitions, sustainment of systems, or manag  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Air Force is directing inspections of KC-135 tanker aircraft for a non-conforming part in the vertical tail assembly. The Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) restricts flight operations until the approximately 30-minute inspection is completed. The TCTO, issued February 14, follows a similar directive announced February 10 for each KC-135 to be inspected for non-conforming v  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs The economic impact of Arnold Air Force Base across the state of Tennessee was $918.3 million for the 2022 fiscal year. Arnold AFB impacted the local areas through payroll, secondary jobs created through local spending, and other expenditures for supplies, utilities, fuel and services and the spin-off impact of those purchases. The base employed a mixtur  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Hannah Carranza, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Thirty-five Airmen had the opportunity to participate in the German Armed Forces proficiency badge challenge Jan. 31 through Feb. 3 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Within the U.S. military, the GAFPB is one of the few approved and most sought-after foreign awards. For soldiers in the Bundeswehr, or the Armed Forces of t  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news on Feb. 15, 2023: By Lt. Col. Robert MacDermott, Air Force Institute of Technology The Air Force Institute of Technology's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics now offers a graduate certificate program in hypersonic flight. The field of hypersonics has emerged as a technical discipline that is critical to ensure the United States will be able to fight and win future conflic  more