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  • Airframe: KC-10 Extender

    The KC-10 Extender is an advanced tanker and cargo aircraft combining aerial refueling capabilities with personnel and supply transport capabilities.

  • Airframe: KC-10 Extender

    The KC-10 Extender is an advanced tanker and cargo aircraft combining aerial refueling capabilities with personnel and supply transport capabilities.

  • Future technology for maintenance now

    The broad spectrum of technologies the Air Force is currently fielding at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, is aimed at cutting down on emergency response times, improving quality of life for Airmen and reducing maintenance costs for military installations worldwide. Following the destruction caused

  • The Debrief: Installation Proving Ground

    In the aftermath of the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Michael in 2018, the U.S. Air Force has been utilizing fast-paced contracting processes to acquire innovative technologies from commercial partners in order to rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base as an ‘Installation of the Future’.

  • Honoring The Candy Bomber

    As part of the 75th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Air Force, Air Mobility Command will honor one of the fledgling service’s first heroes, Col. Gail Halvorsen, with a celebration of his life and legacy in his hometown of Provo, Utah, May 20-21.

  • Future-proofing Installations

    In 2018, Hurricane Michael traveled through the Gulf of Mexico and decimated the infrastructure at Tyndall Air Force Base, and since the Air Force made the decision to rebuild, the base has consistently been referred to as the ‘Installation of the Future’.

  • Airframe: MQ-9 Reaper

    The MQ-9 Reaper primarily serves as an intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft, but also functions against dynamic execution targets. As the successor to the MQ-1 Predator, the iterations of improvements allow the MQ-9 to gather reconnaissance and strike high-value, fleeting and

  • FYSA Podcast: Change Agents

    For your situational awareness, today’s Airmen are collaborative, connected, and they want to serve, making them the most valued asset in the U.S. Air Force. But what good is having super-intelligent Airmen if nobody’s listening to them?

  • At Altitude: Lt. Gen. James Slife / AFSOC

    AFSOC commander and special operations lifer Lt. Gen. James Slife to discuss new technologies, capabilities and priorities as the United States shifts focus from decades of conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq and the War on Terror to countering peer adversaries Russia and China.

 

 

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