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  • Air Force Secretary signs memorandum to improve F100, F110 turbine engines

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne signed a memorandum of agreement between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Air Force Materiel Command here May 22, formalizing the collaboration between DARPA and the Air Force to transition the Engine Systems Prognosis into the legacy fleet

  • Air Force takes steps to move acquisition forward

    Recapitalizing equipment and bringing credibility to the acquisition process were among the topics discussed by the Air Force's service acquisition executive, responsible for all Air Force research, development and non-space acquisition activities. "The goal is lean acquisition with integrity and

  • Robins 'War Wagons' bring maintenance to warfighters

    When the Department of Defense has an aircraft in need of repair and the situation requires a traveling repairman, it looks to Robins Air Force Base and the 402nd Commodities Maintenance Group to come to the rescue. The group maintains a one-of-a-kind resource, two War Wagons, which deploy around

  • B-1 Stab Shop finishes eight-year project

    The B-1 Stabilizer Shop recently completed an eight-year modification project to extend the life of the aging aircraft. Concluded March 13, the process removed and replaced roughly 95 percent of the B-1B horizontal stabilizer's internal structure on the entire fleet of 77 bombers. Located near the

  • Brig. Gen. Close named new Ogden Air Logistics Center leader

    Brig. Gen. Kathleen D. Close has been selected to become the next commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center. General Close is currently the Director of Maintenance within the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. She