Sept. 3, 2019 Altus AFB in photos The 97th Air Mobility Wing had more than 10 agencies at Altus High School to showcase careers that applied to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), August 29, 2019.
Aug. 27, 2019 Swivl video robot improves teaching, learning The 81st Training Support Squadron Faculty Development Flight integrated the intelligent video collaboration platform, Swivl, into the enhanced basic instructor course, here, July 15.Swivl is a video robot designed to allow students to assess their own performance in the classroom, while increasing
Aug. 23, 2019 RF Transmission Systems course tunes to an active learning approach There are approximately 450 students that graduate the Radio Frequency Transmissions System course a year and with nearly 5,000 Airmen in the career field, it is important for instructors to make sure the students are prepared.With this career field being responsible for the initial communication
Aug. 23, 2019 AFIMSC-BESPIN alliance improves mission support capabilities An alliance between the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and the Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation office is improving mission support capabilities.
Aug. 20, 2019 Airmen, companies tackle mission pain points during AFWERX Spark Collider At the recent Spark Collider event hosted by AFWERX, more than 150 Airmen representing 50 bases and 200 entrepreneurs representing 100 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I companies joined together to see which missions could match up to an associated business product.
Aug. 14, 2019 Innovation's role in multi-domain operations on latest "Developing Mach-21 Airmen" podcast On the pod, Lt. Col. Eric Frahm, director of the AETC Integrated Technology Detachment talks about the concept of innovation and its role in helping produce Airmen who more lethal and ready to execute the mission in the multi-domain operational environment is the focus of the latest episode of
Aug. 5, 2019 AFWERX Fusion, MDO Challenge drive collaboration between industry, military, academia To better foster a culture of collaboration and innovation within the U.S. Air Force, AFWERX Fusion brought more than 1200 people from business, military, and academia as well as close to 120 Multi-Domain Operations Challenge teams and companies together under one roof July 23 to 24.
July 30, 2019 Bringing defense planning into the 21st century through modern software For much of the defense community, the ease and functionality of modern technology is not translated to military planning systems. While cumbersome acquisitions processes, funding issues, and security concerns are often valid causes, many Department of Defense processes (and any software associated
July 16, 2019 Project NEXUS tests developing technologically ready Airmen Air Education and Training Command officials began a beta test aimed at learning the best ways to introduce more technologically ready Airmen into units July 9 in Austin, Texas. The program is expected to fuel organic technology problem solving efforts for Airmen in their day-to-day workplaces.
July 10, 2019 AETC commander guest on "Developing Mach-21 Airmen" pod Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast is the featured guest on the latest episode of "Developing Mach-21 Airmen," Air Education and Training Command's podcast series, released July 8, 2019.