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ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a $152 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) sustainment support over a five-year period, beginning in September 2012. The contract transitions legacy Sniper pod sustainment support from Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to Warner Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Additional scope includes engineering support, initial line replaceable unit spares, support...
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Force Association's CyberPatriot program has announced Spokane Public Schools of Washington state as its third CyberPatriot Center of Excellence. CyberPatriot, the nation's largest and fastest growing high school cyber defense competition, is AFA's flagship science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) program dedicated to strengthening cyber skills among American youth. Competitors also gain valuable...
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...
MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to provide Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Ground Control Station (GCS) and Combined Operations Center (Combined Ops Ctr) support. The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee (CPFF) contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a total...
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...
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga., Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeff Dunham, the number one touring comedian in the country, will bring his Controlled Chaos Tour to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska when he headlines the Tour for the Troops presented by the Air Force Reserve on August 29th. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120824/LA62597) Jeff Dunham is an American stand-up comedian who has appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David...
The Red Steel Jet Team will be taking to the skies of Nebraska this weekend as performers in the Defenders Of Freedom open house and air show at Offutt Air Force Base. The Red Steel Jet Team is also releasing The Red Steel Jet Team webisode #1 to it’s You Tube channel to give new and current fans an inside look at what the team is all about. Omaha, Nebraska (PRWEB) August 22, 2012 The Defenders of Freedom open house and air show at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska will be this...
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...
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...
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Force Association is pleased to announce that a favorable opinion by the Secretary of the Air Force's Ethics Office has authorized a waiver for conference fees associated with the 2012 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition for all military members on Active Duty and DoD civilian personnel! AFA's Air & Space Conference will be held September 17-19, 2012, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention...
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Susan Helms is a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. She was born Susan Jane Helms on February 26, 1958 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She grew up in Portland, Oregon and graduated from Parkrose Senior High School in 1976. She then attended the United States Air Force Academy and received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1980. She subsequently received her commission and initially served as an F-16 weapons separation...
Lloyd Hammond is a former United States Air Force officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He was born Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr. on January 16, 1952 in Savannah, Georgia. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Kirkwood High School in 1969. He then attended the United States Air Force Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, science, and mechanics in 1973. In pursuit of a higher education, he went to the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned a...
Charles Lacy Veach served as a United States Air Force fighter pilot for over 14 years before being selected as a NASA Astronaut in 1984. Veach served as an astronaut until his passing from cancer on October 3, 1995 in Houston, Texas. “Lacy” Veach was born in Chicago, Illinois and with his family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Veach, still reside in Honolulu. Veach graduated from Punahou School in 1962 and went forward in his academics to the United...
Michael Fincke is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut who holds the record for the most time spent in space. He was born Edward Michael Fincke on March 14, 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; however, he grew up in its suburb, Emsworth. Fincke graduated from Sewickley Academy in Sewickley, Pennsylvania in 1985, and subsequently attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on an Air Force ROTC scholarship. He graduated in 1989 as a double major and earned both a Bachelor...
Richard Covey is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut. He was born Richard Oswalt Covey on August 1, 1946 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was raised in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and graduated from Choctawhatchee High School in 1964. He went on to attend the United States Air Force Academy, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering sciences in 1968. One year later he earned a Master of Science in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue University. As a...
