JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Armando Perez The Air Force Civil Engineer Center launched an outreach program to help installations tap into the potential benefits of Enhanced Use Leases, or EULs. AFCEC's Enhanced Use Lease team is conducting as series of EUL Educational Staff Assistance Visits, or "EESAVs", to emphasize the benefits of leasing underutilized Air Force property to private sector developer  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: The Florida Wing's Wesley Chapel Cadet Squadron team, representing Civil Air Patrol's Southeast Region, has captured its second straight Air Force Chief of Staff Sweepstakes Award Trophy -- the prize for finishing first in the National Cadet Competition. The North Carolina Wing's 111th Search and Rescue Cadet Squadron team, one of two entries from the Mid-Atlantic Region, placed second, followed by t  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 2 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Marisa Alia-Novobilski In an effort to make certain the Air Force Materiel Command is ideally structured and resourced to support the National Defense Strategy, AFMC leadership has launched an enterprise-wide initiative that will empower its Airmen and civilians to help shape the future of the command. "This command's work is vital to the execution of the National Defense Strategy. AFMC has built  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Marisa Alia-Novobilski In an effort to make certain the Air Force Materiel Command is ideally structured and resourced to support the National Defense Strategy, AFMC leadership has launched an enterprise-wide initiative that will empower its Airmen and civilians to help shape the future of the command. "This command's work is vital to the execution of the National Defense Strategy. AFMC has built  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: In a ceremony June 28 at the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, the Air Force Medical Service stood up a new field operating agency, the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency. Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, and incoming AFMRA commander Brig. Gen. Mark Koeniger, spoke at the ceremony, heralding a new era in Air Force Medicine. "We are in exciting and historic times as we engage in multiple   more

EGLIN AIR FORCE, Florida, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Jasmine Porterfield The 96th Test Wing welcomed its new commander during a change of command ceremony here July 2. Brig. Gen. Evan Dertien passed the guidon to the wing's new leader, Brig. Gen. Scott Cain. The wing also bid farwell to Dertien, who is moving to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, to become the director of Air Force Material Command's Air Space and Cyberspace Operations. "Command of an American milita  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Stephanie Longoria The National Air and Space Intelligence Center Inspector General's Office recently was named the winner of the 2018 Junius W. Jones Inspector General's Award Category III. This Air Force-level award recognizes an outstanding Commander's Inspection Program that goes above and beyond the day-to-day mission requirements. NASIC's CCIP was chosen as the best of any direct reporting   more

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kansas, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Senior Airman Alan Ricker A team from the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is scheduled to conduct tests for the KC-46A Pegasus Remote Visual System later this month. Dr. Steve Hadley, 711th HPW Operational Based Vision Assessment Laboratory lead, explained that the plan is to have results from the research within three weeks of testi  more

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kansas, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Alan Ricker A team from the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is scheduled to conduct tests for the KC-46A Pegasus Remote Visual System later this month. Dr. Steve Hadley, 711th HPW Operational Based Vision Assessment Laboratory lead, explained that the plan is to have results from the research within three we  more

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, July 8 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Todd Cromar An Air Force program designed to attract, inspire and develop the next generation of our nation's scientific and technical workforce is underway at Hill Air Force Base. The Leadership Experience Growing Apprenticeships Committed to Youth, or LEGACY, program is an Air Force program aimed at building interest in science, technology, engineering and math through summer craftsman camps and paid summe  more