WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: The Air Force Research Laboratory collaborated with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command headquarters and General Motors Defense to successfully power a KC-135 tanker aircraft with GM Defense's Electric Ground Power Unit at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 14-17, 2023. The system employs commercial battery electric technology from GM and was tra  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: The installation will conduct an emergency management response training exercise at Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Oct. 5. The exercise will begin about noon. Those people traveling near the hospital on Thursday may experience emergency vehicles, alert sirens, temporarily blocked roadways or travel delays, and should plan accordingly. Because this is an exercise, individuals   more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: A unique Boeing VC-137C plane known as SAM 26000, which served as "Air Force One" for eight presidents from Kennedy to Clinton, will be the sixth retired aircraft to headline the 2023 History & Heritage Race Series, powered by the Air Force Marathon, beginning Nov. 1. The event marks the sixth and final virtual race during the series's third season. Each event features its own hi  more