Nov. 30, 2021 AF to field new bladder relief device, working toward “suite of options” The Air Force is slated to receive the first shipment of the Omni Gen. 3 Skydrate, an improved in-flight bladder relief device, early next month. The Air Force recognized that current devices were not optimized for long-duration sorties, and as a result, aircrew were routinely dehydrating themselves
Nov. 9, 2021 AU Library adds Pilot Training Next simulator MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- The Air University Library and Immersive Learning and Simulation Research Task Force received a Pilot Training Next simulator at the Air University Library Innovation Lab, Oct. 28, 2021.
Oct. 19, 2021 Kendall calls for ‘technically and operationally innovative approaches’ to meet logistics challenges Kendall’s keynote remarks to the National Defense Transportation Association and the U.S. Transportation Command’s Fall Meeting offered in unvarnished terms the challenges facing the United States posed by China and what the U.S. must do to best maintain global stability.
Oct. 18, 2021 AFCLC Launches Culture Guide App 2.0 During AU LREC Symposium: Introduces New Educational Course with Certificate Earlier in 2021, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. released his strategic initiative, Accelerate Change or Lose, in which he emphasized why changes in the U.S. Air Force are necessary. Gen. Brown’s initiative outlines four Action Orders, focusing on people, decision-making,
Sept. 20, 2021 CMSAF reaffirms case for speed, innovation, culture change across the Air Force Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass delivered remarks during the 2021 Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Md., Sept. 20.
Sept. 20, 2021 Brown presses case for speed, innovation, culture change across the Air Force Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. attended the 2021 Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, to deliver his “Accelerate Change to Empowered Airmen” speech, Sept. 20.
Sept. 5, 2021 Air Force Learning Professionals’ online Communities of Practice now available These Communities of Practice include pathways to address objectives designed to advance force development as outlined in the Air Education and Training Command Strategic Action Plan and address knowledge and skills gaps identified in a learning professional training gap analysis study conducted by
Aug. 2, 2021 Wanted: Innovative ideas for Spark Tank 2022 Spark Tank 2022, a Department of the Air Force annual competition in which Airmen and Guardians pitch innovative solutions to operational problems, will accept submissions in early August 2021.
July 26, 2021 CSAF Leadership Library: Summer 2021 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. presents three new additions to the CSAF Leadership Library: "Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men," "The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State" and "The Social Dilemma."
July 26, 2021 Tech Training Transformation modernizes tech training with virtual reality Futuristic training, the kind of immersive simulations seen in sci-fi TV shows, is no longer a fictional dream. It’s almost here. With the Tech Training Transformation team’s creation of a virtual reality training system coordinated by artificial intelligence, Air Education and Training Command