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  • AFITC 2017 slated for August, registration open

    Registration is now open for the 2017 Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Conference, Aug. 28-30, 2017, at Montgomery’s Renaissance Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center. Living up to its theme of “The Future is Now … A Digital Age Air Force,” the conference will highlight the

  • Air Force stands up new headquarters space directorate

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson has approved the reorganization of the Air Force headquarters to establish a Deputy Chief of Staff for Space Operations, who will be a three-star Air Force general officer.

  • Medical squadron commander puts whole patient in focus

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- For Hanscom’s newly-minted 66th Medical Squadron commander, Col. Russell Pinard, running his squadron is a return to hands-on medical care.Pinard, an optometrist, has run both small medical facilities like the 61st Medical Squadron at Los Angeles Air Force Base and

  • Young Commander’s Challenge team develops multi-layered drone defense

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. --  Junior engineers and program managers here designed a developmental layered base defense system capable of warding off or destroying suspicious unmanned aerial vehicles as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory 2016 Commander’s Challenge.A team of six Hanscom

  • DOD launches retirement system comparison calculator

    The Defense Department officially launched the Blended Retirement System comparison calculator, providing BRS opt-in eligible service members their first opportunity for an individualized comparison of retirement systems. The comprehensive tool, in combination with the mandatory BRS Opt-In Course,

  • Lt. Gen. McMurry stresses measurable improvement

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, passed the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center flag to Lt. Gen. Robert D. McMurry in a ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, on May