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  • AFWERX tests DINSTAAR composite ramps at Robins

    An AFWERX Refinery logistician at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, has found a project that could save the DoD money and could be used by Air Force cargo aircraft around the world. Tech. Sgt. Jamie Hubbard, the 55th Wing Programs and Resources Flight chief at Offutt an innovator took advantage of the

  • Forging the Future: Innovation Competition Ignites at the Rock

    In a display of creativity and ingenuity, the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing hosted an innovation competition, inspired by Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Spark Tank” program, where Airmen of all ranks pitched their ideas to a panel of base leadership and innovation experts.

  • AFMC innovation team revolutionizes stealth fighter fleet

    In the latest successes of an innovation project developed by a team of Edwards Air Force Base’s test pilots, software developers from the 309th Software Engineering Group and the Air Combat Command Federal Laboratory, an F-35A Lightning II recently took flight with a complement of software

  • TowFLEXX enhances Moody’s mission

    Agile Combat Employment capabilities are crucial to the modern fight. In an effort to create a lighter leaner footprint, save man hours, and support Lead Wing efforts, remote controlled tugs are being used to move aircraft around the flight line. Airmen from 23d Maintenance Group recently completed

  • 1st FW: removing barriers, conquering challenges, and always innovating

    “Innovation is more than a buzzword... It is evolutionary or revolutionary changes to existing processes, capabilities, and mindsets," said Gen. Charles Brown Jr., U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff. In line with this vision, the 1st Fighter Wing developed a team to transform its Airmen’s innovative

  • Reserve Airman makes history with innovative Project FoX/F-35 development

    For the first time ever, Air Force personnel livestreamed F-35 data directly from the aircraft’s mission systems computers to a connected computer tablet during a ground test March 31, 2021, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The event was a milestone for the Fighter Optimization eXperiment (FoX), a

  • ACC selects top two for Air Force Spark Tank Challenge

    Air Combat Command announced their two 2021 Spark Tank semi-finalists and four wildcards moving on to compete at the Air Force level. ACC commander Gen. Mark Kelly selected two semi-finalists from the command’s top six submissions and the remaining four will move ahead to the challenge as wild card

  • Raising the bar: Software innovation, ACNS brings the Future Faster

    After six months of planning and development, the 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron drastically improved their mission capabilities for the Airborne Warning and Control System fleet by creating a new system solution that can be transported by a six-pound laptop.

  • ACC gears up for Spark Tank 2020

    This year, Air Combat Command is hosting its third annual Spark Tank competition at the Creech Conference Center on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Oct. 16, 2019. Airmen pitch innovative ideas to Air Force senior leaders and a panel of industry experts during this annual competition.

  • Team Robins “sparks” innovation: Spark Cell hosts inaugural Pitch Day

    The Robins Spark Cell hosted its Inaugural Pitch Day Sept. 20 at the Advanced Technology and Training Center in Warner Robins, alongside Air Force Sustainment Center Contracting located at Robins Air Force Base. The pitch day is a first of its kind for AFSC, cutting a process that can take, on