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  • From Scorn to Worn: The curious history of seat belts

    According to the Traffic Safety Center at the University of California Berkeley, seat belts are “the single most effective motor vehicle occupant safety device yet developed for older children and adults.” Seat belts have existed in some form since the early days of automobiles, but they’ve changed

  • Air University gathers cyber experts to strengthen U.S. security

    Air University returned the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Conference to Montgomery, Aug. 29-31, 2016. After a four-year absence, over 3,500 AFITC attendees invaded the capitol city, bringing together Air Force information-technology experts, prominent IT academics, and America’s

  • AETC commander visits Little Rock AFB

    U.S Air Force Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, witnessed first-hand Aug. 22- 23 2016, how pipeline C-130 training provided by the 314th Airlift Wing ensures the success of combat airlift as he visited different units at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.

  • Forging the 46

    U.S. Air Force leaders and Oklahoma community partners were in attendance for the historical reactivation of the 56th Air Refueling Squadron and the dedication of the KC-46A Pegasus formal training center, Aug. 30, 2016, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

  • AETC First Faces: Senior Airman Deaaron Alexander

    SrA Deaaron Alexander, a patrolman from the 47th Flying Training Wing at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, talks about his job as a patrolmen and his family, and what it means to him and his future."First Faces" began several years ago with chaplains from throughout AETC nominating Airmen from

  • Maj. Gen. LaBrutta takes command of 2nd Air Force

    Maj. Gen. Bob LaBrutta took command of 2nd Air Force during a change of command ceremony at the Levitow Training Support Facility parade field here, Aug. 26, 2016.Outgoing commander, Maj. Gen. Mark Brown, handed off the guidon before heading to his new assignment as Air Education and Training

  • Vicious cycle: F-35A continues 5th-gen tradition of bullying legacy aircraft

    Imagine yourself in the seat of a fighter jet, tearing through the air at the speed of sound, your own weight pressing against your chest as you fight to breathe against the increased force of gravity.Sweat beads down your forehead as you scan you sensors and outside your canopy for any threats in

  • AF opens enlisted RPA pilot program to all AFSCs

    Using a phased-application approach, Air Force senior leaders are casting a wider net to ensure more active-duty enlisted Airmen are eligible to apply for the service’s RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft program, a Pentagon official said Aug. 29. The program expands the eligibility pool from