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  • Airman innovator patents tourniquet belt

    An Airman at Sheppard Air Force Base patented a design and produced a prototype for a tourniquet belt with the help of a Spark Cell, patent lawyers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and specialists at Aircrew Flight Equipment and Training Development.

  • Luke enters the drone age in new class

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dakota Belcher, 56th Fighter Wing spark cell lead, instructs a class on the use of small unmanned aerial systems, May 29, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Belcher, along with the rest of the spark cell team, hosted the 56th FW’s first Combat Airpower for All Airmen

  • Altus | 97 AMW Spark Cell continues to spark innovation

    Airmen from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, attended an innovation workshop at the 97th Air Mobility Wing’s Spark Cell, Feb. 13, 2023. The workshop gave Airmen an introduction to problem solving by utilizing the resources the Spark Cell has to offer.

  • Air Force Spark Tank unleashes AETC's capacity to innovate

    Air Education and Training Command has begun accepting innovative submissions that can significantly impact Air Force missions within the next six-24 months from uniformed and civilian Airmen for the 2023 Air Force Spark Tank competition, now through August 17.

  • 19th AF command chief talks readiness at Columbus AFB

    Nineteenth Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thomson held an all call for the enlisted force between visiting many units of the 14th Flying Training Wing April 8, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.

  • Columbus AFB Spark Cell shares best practices with Tinker AFB Airmen

    The Columbus Air Force Base Spark Cell is leading the way across the Air Force for what an innovation lab should be, so much so, that a team from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, visited Columbus AFB Feb. 13 to gain insight of how to develop a spark cell at their base.

  • Innovation, Collaboration Between Columbus and Keesler AFB's

    The Columbus Air Force Base Spark Cell is designed to be a creative hub for innovative minds to cultivate ideas. The need of innovation at Columbus AFB led to a partnership with the 333rd Training Squadron at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, to create new processes and contribute different concepts.

  • AFWERX hosts Spark Cell workshop to share ideas, build innovation network

    Airmen from across the Air Force gathered in Austin, Texas, Dec. 13-14, to attend an AFWERX Spark Cell workshop designed to educate attendees about the Department of Defense’s innovation ecosystem and the best ways to plug into the overall culture of innovation at every level of the Total Force.