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LONDON, September 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Force personnel from over 10 nations including the US, Brazil, Nigeria, Italy, Jordan, France and Turkey will gather at the 3rd Annual Airpower in Irregular Warfare (27 - 29 November, London). Airpower in Irregular Warfare will provide coverage of the latest doctrinal developments and also evaluate the wide array of platforms and systems that can be utilised in counter insurgency operations...
John Neumann for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The US Air Force (USAF) is looking for a few good nerds as it has been tasked with protecting America’s world wide web. The purview of the USAF includes low-earth orbit, and it has a group known as Space Command who oversee its orderly and peaceful use. Since cyberspace includes the word space, logically, the Air Force should oversee its protection. This is the Pentagon we are talking about so just go with it. Kaspersky Lab...
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Air Force announced the award of 12 contracts that will make it quicker and easier for warfighters to obtain innovative information technology services and capabilities covering the full spectrum of operations and missions. The Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts were awarded to 12 small businesses. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120828/NE63949 ) The contract awardees include...
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Force Association today announced that Lt. Gen. Dick Newton, who retired from a 34-year career in the Air Force this past June, will be replacing David T. "Buck" Buckwalter as AFA's Executive Vice-President as of August 27, 2012. Lt. Gen. Dick Newton retired as the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He oversaw the administration and organization of the...
Conference includes sessions with Candy Bomber, Korean War Aircrews and World War II Fighter Pilots [Note: All Active Duty military members and DOD civilian personnel can attend the conference free of charge.] ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the pre-dawn hours of June 25(th), 1950, six columns of North Korean forces stormed across the 38(th) parallel into South Korea. Ninety thousand communist troops augmented by armored columns and close air support...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Air Force's new aircraft of the future crashed during a hypersonic test flight, hitting a speed bump in the future of creating quick flights from New York to London. The X-51A WaveRider was designed to reach Mach 6, or 3,600 mph, after being dropped from a B-52 bomber. The aircraft underwent a test on Tuesday, and was brought out off the Southern California coast to experience a few minutes of flying at hypersonic speeds....
Conference sessions qualify toward continuous learning points (CLPs) for acquisitions professionals [Note: All Active Duty military members and DOD civilian personnel can attend the conference free of charge.] ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2012 Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition is the one-of-a-kind professional development event with a full agenda of speaker sessions, workshops and panels addressing today's...
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The PACIFIC COAST AIR MUSEUM (PCAM) welcomes Navy, Marine and Air Force front line fighter jets to an already stellar air show line-up of performers. The air show will be held at the Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA on August 18-19, 2012. The F/A-18 Super Hornet Demonstration Team from Lemoore NAS will thrill the crowd with their demonstration showing its tactical power, maneuverability, high...
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Telkonet, Inc. (OTC BB: TKOI.OB) announced today that an existing military client has contracted to install the revolutionary EcoSmart energy management technology in an additional 800 residence hall rooms, further reducing energy costs and meeting federal mandates for energy efficiency. During the first half of 2012, Telkonet provided EcoInsight intelligent thermostats for over 2,800 rooms at this same US Air Force base. Upon realizing...
WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom Bertels, managing partner at Sullivan Higdon & Sink (SHS), was inducted into the 2012 class of the Honorary Commander Program with the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base (AFB), which houses the largest tanker fleet in the world. The two-year program pairs community leaders with military commanders to educate the public about and to promote the programs, traditions and mission of the Air Force. Bertels was matched...
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Rex Walheim is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. He was born Rex Joseph Walheim on October 10, 1962 in Redwood City, California. He graduated from San Carlos High School in 1980 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984. Upon his graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. The following April, he was assigned to work as a missile warning operations crew...
Mark Lee is a former NASA astronaut and USAF Colonel. He was born Mark Charles Lee on August 14, 1952 in Viroqua, Wisconsin. He is an Eagle Scout and a graduate from the Class of 1970 at Viroqua High School. He attended the United States Air Force Academy and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1974. He then trained at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas and at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona in preparation for his assignment at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, where he...
Thomas Jones is a former United States astronaut. He was born Thomas David Jones on January 22, 1955 in Baltimore, Maryland and participated in Eagle Scouts as a child. He graduated from Kenwood High School in 1973 and went on to attend the United States Air Force Academy, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in basic sciences in 1977. After completing as a Distinguished Graduate of the Academy, Jones served as an Air Force officer on active duty for 6 years. He then flew strategic...
Gregory Johnson is a NASA astronaut and a former colonel in the United States Air Force. He was born Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson on May 12, 1962 in South Ruislip, Middlesex, United Kingdom. Throughout his childhood, he became an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.. He graduated from Park Hills High School in Fairborn, Ohio in 1980 and went on to attend the United States Air Force Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1984. He was...
Henry Hartsfield is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. He was born Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield, Jr. on November 21, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama where he was raised. He graduated from West End High School and went on to attend Auburn University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics in 1954 and received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Program. He joined the Air Force a year after his graduation and was assigned to the...
