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April 9, 2024
33rd FW hosts 19th AF Warhammer Rally

The 33rd Fighter Wing hosted the 19th Air Force Warhammer Rally here April 2 – 5, 2024, gathering commanders from across the flying training community for strategic discussions, fostering collaboration and innovation.
April 9, 2024
Awareness, Prevention Month begins

“Step Forward. Report. Advocate”
April 4, 2024
DAF calls for AFMC changes to support service’s readiness, agility against great power adversaries

As part of the Department of the Air Force’s sweeping efforts to deter and, if needed, prevail in an era of Great Power Competition, DAF senior leaders announced four organizational changes to Air Force Materiel Command during an opening speech Feb. 12 at the AFA Warfare Symposium.
April 3, 2024
F-16s arrive to be modified for autonomous testing

VENOM-AFT is designed and funded to accelerate testing of autonomy software on crewed and uncrewed aircraft. It complements the autonomy data and AI experimentation proving ground at Eglin AFB and informs the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program and other autonomy developers.
April 2, 2024
The end of an era; 148th heritage F-16 takes off one last time

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, the 148th Fighter Wing’s heritage F-16, tail number 406, departed the 148th for the last time with its Air Force blue, yellow and white paint. The jet is headed to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, for Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) modifications which includes a new,
April 1, 2024
Edwards AFB Elevates Innovation Culture Through Project Mercury Innovators Workshop

When troops separated by long distances needed to exchange information, the Department of Defense created the Internet. During World War I, when pilots needed to know air traffic conditions to prevent collisions, the U.S. Army installed two-way radios inside an aircraft for the first time. Like the
March 26, 2024
Battle of the Badges bolsters law enforcement collaboration

Inspired by the competitive spirit of investigators and drawing parallels from the popular TV show, “Crime Scene Kitchen,” the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 104 at Eglin crafted the idea of the Battle of the Badges, replacing baking with crime scene processing.
March 19, 2024
Portland, Ore. Pilot conducts First Flight in EX for 142nd Wing

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL -- Five F-15C instructor pilots from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 123rd Fighter Squadron are conducting training in the F-15EX with instructors from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida for two weeks in March.Training commenced last week
March 16, 2024
Air Force conducts third Sentinel static fire test

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne conducted a static fire test March 16, 2024, for the Stage-3 solid rocket motor of the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.
March 13, 2024
Air Force Reserve unit provides full-time support to flight test

The 370th Flight Test Squadron, an Air Force Reserve Command unit, provides both aerial refueling and flight test support to the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

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