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  • Pilot project with MassChallenge reaches significant milestones

    The U.S. Air Force Labs with MassChallenge initiative marked two major milestones this week as the accelerator culminated in a virtual demo day June 30 and the online Banshee program kicked off July 1. The demo day, hosted on Hopin, focused on the growth and accomplishments of the 10 startups in the

  • AFMC launches Spark Tank competition

    Air Force Materiel Command Airmen are invited to submit innovative, game-changing ideas to compete in the AFMC Spark Tank competition.The submitters of the top five, most innovative, game-changing ideas will pitch their ideas to a panel of judges during the AFMC Senior Leader Conference this

  • Free gun locks to help prevent suicide

    Hanscom is employing a new approach to suicide prevention called Time-Based Prevention. This Air Force initiative is intended to reduce the hazard of firearms being readily available when an Airman is in distress—particularly in those crucial first five minutes after someone decides to take their

  • “Remote hands” allow upgrades to stay on schedule

    Weather is a critical component in many Air Force operations. A team here worked collaboratively and innovatively with the 46th Test Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to ensure testing necessary to keep weather systems operational would continue, despite the ongoing global pandemic.The

  • Home of record and legal domicile

    For military members and their families, the question “where are you from?” can be difficult to answer, especially when the states they grew up in, where they were last stationed and where they are now, are often different.

  • Air Force senior leaders direct IG review into racial disparity

    On June 2, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond, directed the Department of the Air Force Inspector General to conduct a review into racial disparity in the Department of the Air Force.

  • Tricare Selected Reserve termination explained

    Office of the Secretary of Defense will allow members up to five months, instead of the original three-month period, to pay overdue premiums to have coverage reinstated and will honor any medical services and bills incurred during that time, once premiums are paid.