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Tipoffs for Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson) Newsletter for Wednesday September 18, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Allvin lauds Airmen for embracing, pushing forward efforts to reoptimize the force
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin delivered a clear and unambiguous message about the future of the service during a high-profile keynote address, Sept. 16. Boiled down, his message to an overflowing crowd of several thousand at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference was this: Tangible progress is occurring on the vast, but still young, effort t  more

DAF adapting, modernizing in today's warfighting environment
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) Department of the Air Force senior leaders highlighted modernization and integration challenges during the Air and Space Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 16. The panel included Andrew Hunter, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Frank Calvelli, assistant  more

EITaaS BIM services awarded a $12.5B agreement
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. The Department of the Air Force awarded a Services Category 1 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for Enterprise Information Technology as a Service Base Infrastructure Modernization August 16. The U.S. Air Force awarded the BIM IDIQ to 23 companies with a $12.5 billion ceiling, as the result of a competitive acquisition. EITaaS is an   more

Flosi describes the role of Airmen in an era of Great Power Competition
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi touted the strengths of Airmen in his keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association 2024 Air, Space, and Cyber Conference, Sept. 16. Flosi emphasized the importance of Airmen coming together as a team to support mission success. Describing his observations of high-performing Airmen across the   more

USAF Units of Action: Combat Wings, Air Base Wings, Institutional Wings defined
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) The Department of the Air Force implementation of a new construct that will evolve wings into cohesive Units of Action by separating into Combat Wings, Air Base Wings and Institutional Wings will be a phased approach, starting no later than the summer of 2025. The new concept will create several organizations capable of conducting deployed combat operation  more