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  • Don't let safety get lost in holiday hustle, bustle

    As we prepare for the upcoming holiday season, it's easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of the season and not think about safety. For the Air Force Safety Center, the holiday season, which runs from the day before Thanksgiving to the day after New Years, can be one of the most dangerous times

  • Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate seeks Clear-a-Space proposals

    The Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate has posted a new Clear-a-Space Broad Area Announcement on its Web site at  https://www.jnlwp.com/admin/solicitations.asp. The JNLWD is seeking proposals for the research, development and demonstration of next-generation non-lethal

  • Distributed Mission Operations Center marks 30 years

    Members of the 505th Distributed Warfare Group and the 705th Combat Training Squadron celebrated the 30th anniversary of U.S. Air Force Modeling and Simulation on Nov. 6 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center here and at the Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque.Highlights of the daylong

  • Kirtland AFB wins Innkeeper award -- again!

    For the second year in a row and the third time overall, the lodging facilities here have won the Air Force Innkeeper Award for the large base category. Besides last year, Kirtland AFB Lodging also won the award in 2005.The competitors are evaluated using a lengthy checklist covering a variety of

  • Air Force finishes safest flying year

    Fiscal year 2009 was the safest flying year in the 62-year history of the Air Force with only 17 Class A mishaps. The next best year was fiscal year 2006 with 19 Class A mishaps. A Class A mishap is one where there is loss of life, an injury resulting in permanent total disability, destruction of an

  • Air Force demilitarizes big backlog of nuclear weapons-related components

    The Air Force has undertaken a massive effort to demilitarize more than 100,000 nuclear weapons-related legacy assets from its intercontinental ballistic missile, aircraft and space test programs. Under a $35 million, five-year plan funded by the Air Force Chief of Staff, Air Force Materiel Command

  • Air Force Research Laboratory announces Class of 2009 Fellows

    Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Bedke, the Air Force Research Laboratory commander headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, announced six new AFRL Fellows.    General Bedke stated, "It is my pleasure to announce AFRL's newest fellows.  This award is the highest honor bestowed upon our scientists and