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Electric flight at Eglin

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty, 96th Test Wing commander, flies the 1000-pound Pipistrel Velis Electro aircraft for a test flight April 22, 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Geraghty and other Eglin test pilots flew the 80-horsepower electric aircraft over a three-week period to provide qualitative evaluations to AFWERX toward electric aircraft usage for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.)

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Air Force Civilian Service

Virtual hiring events such as the one pictured here help fill vacancies across the Department of the Air Force Civilian Service. The Air Force Materiel Command has also implemented a referral bonus program to help bolster accessions for hard-to-fill vacancies across the command. The goal of the program is to incentivize current employees who recruit individuals that are subsequently appointed to eligible positions.

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Isaiah Nicolai, Project Arc software developer, and Senior Airman Brandon Freeman, Project Arc computer scientist, work on coding to aid in Global Command and Control System processing improvements at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. The newly-implemented system developed by the Project Arc team will combine the GCCS with additional software to provide a blueprint for ground forces in combative preparation, planning and positioning—enabling them to move faster and smarter against adversaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Nate Sproul, Project Arc algorithmist, analyzes data from a receiver to aid in Global Command and Control System processing improvements at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. The newly-implemented system developed by the Project Arc team will combine the GCCS with additional software to provide a blueprint for ground forces in combative preparation, planning and positioning—enabling them to move faster and smarter against adversaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)

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Members from the Project Arc team and the 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron pose for a group picture in front of an electromagnetic spectrum sensor at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. The Project Arc team was formed in July 2020 as a grassroots effort under AFWERX to forge ahead in the U.S. Air Force 2030 Science and Technology Strategy. Its goal is to provide operational units with a dedicated team of scientists and engineers who provide tailored, innovative tools for future conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)

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A Kill-Joint Combined Aircrew System Tester prototype computer is displayed during a digital demonstration at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. The intention of this device is to provide Airmen with a more compact and versatile tool combining the capabilities of the currently used Joint Combined Aircrew System Tester, and the Altitude Combined Aircrew System Tester – High Altitude. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Freeman, Project Arc computer scientist, works on additional coding for a financial tool to be tested by Ramstein Air Base at Kapaun Air Station, Germany, April 9, 2024. This tool aims to enhance myFSS capabilities where users can upload and share documents in need of signatures, while tracking where it is in the routing process—aiding in overall improved quality of life for Airmen and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jordan Lazaro)

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AFRL engineer to be recognized at ASME national meeting

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME, will recognize Dr. Ajit Roy, a senior materials engineer with the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, with the John J. Montgomery Award for Distinguished Innovation in Aerospace at their national meeting April 30, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo / Terrance Auster)

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Youngest OKC bombing survivor becomes Avionics Technician at Tinker as ‘my way of helping out’

PJ Allen, an aviation technician at the 564th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, stands in front of the KC-135 April 17, 2024. Allen was one of six children that survived the Oklahoma City Murrah Bombing April 19, 1995. (U.S. Air Force photo by Clayton Cummins)

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AFMC Annual Excellence Awards winners light up the night

Air Force Materiel Command honored award winners during the 2023 AFMC Annual Excellence Awards ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force April 17, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ashley Richards)

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AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines

Edgar Felix, Lead Investigator, front and Isaiah Jaramillo, Mechanical Specialist, work on the first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED. DED is an additive manufacturing process in which the device injects metal powder into focused beams of high-power laser in highly controlled atmospheric conditions (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFRL researchers pave the way to lighter, faster additively manufactured rocket engines

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Rocket Propulsion Division, recently designed, printed, built and hot fired a first-ever, single-block rocket-engine thrust chamber additively manufactured using a process called laser powder directed energy deposition, or DED. DED is an additive manufacturing process in which the device injects metal powder into focused beams of high-power laser in highly controlled atmospheric conditions. The Hotfire of the thrust chamber is shown in the Experimental Cell 1 (EC-1) at the AFRL Rocket Lab. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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The X-62 Variable In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) flies in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 26, 2022. (Air Force photo by Kyle Brasier)

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William Gray, Chief Test Pilot, USAFTPS, and other engineers conduct software updates to the X-62 VISTA at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 3, 2022. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

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USAF Test Pilot School and DARPA announce breakthrough in aerospace machine learning

The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent breakthroughs that have launched the machine-learning era within the aerospace industry. The teams worked together to test breakthrough executions in artificial intelligence algorithms using the X-62A VISTA aircraft as part of DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program.

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SpaceWERX, Aerospace Corporation collaborate to guide technologies through the 'Valley of Death'

U.S. Space Force Capt. Jeremy Swaw, SpaceWERX Spark lead, gets a technology demonstration from an attendee at Space Symposium at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 11, 2024. As the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, SpaceWERX inspires and empowers collaboration with innovators to accelerate capabilities and shape our future in space. Since it was aligned under AFRL in Aug. 2021, SpaceWERX has executed 906 contracts worth more than $690 million to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and drive faster technology transition to operational capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew Clouse)

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The SpaceWERX team poses for a picture at their Space Symposium booth at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 10, 2024. As the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, SpaceWERX inspires and empowers collaboration with innovators to accelerate capabilities and shape the future of space. Since it was aligned under AFRL in August 2021, SpaceWERX has executed 906 contracts worth more than $690 million to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and drive faster technology transition to operational capability. (U.S. Air Force photo / Matthew Clouse)

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AFRL-developed physiological monitoring system undergoes flight tests

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, scientists and engineers along with U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students prepare for the Integrated Cockpit Sensing, or ICS, system to be flight tested on an F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 12, 2024. An AFRL team developed the ICS system to provide an airworthy platform for comprehensive physiological, life-support and environmental monitoring to improve pilot safety and performance. The system has helmet-based, base layer and life-support sensors, ensuring holistic information on the pilot and operating environment during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo / Wei Lee)

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AFRL-developed physiological monitoring system undergoes flight tests

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students prepare to flight test the Integrated Cockpit Sensing, or ICS, system on an F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 12, 2024. An Air Force Research Laboratory team developed the ICS system to provide an airworthy platform for comprehensive physiological, life-support and environmental monitoring to improve pilot safety and performance. The system has helmet-based, base layer and life- support sensors, ensuring holistic information on the pilot and operating environment during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo / Ethan Blackford)

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AFRL-developed physiological monitoring system undergoes flight tests

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School students prepare to flight test the Integrated Cockpit Sensing, or ICS, system on an F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 12, 2024. An Air Force Research Laboratory team developed the ICS system to provide an airworthy platform for comprehensive physiological, life-support and environmental monitoring to improve pilot safety and performance. The system has helmet-based, base layer and life- support sensors, ensuring holistic information on the pilot and operating environment during flight. (U.S. Air Force photo / Wei Lee)

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