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  • The grand opening of the Kadena Innovation Lab was held at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 12, 2021.

    Innovation meets excellence

    The grand opening of the Kadena Innovation Lab, a groundbreaking workspace equipped with cutting edge technology and a network of subject matter experts, was held at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 12, 2021.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Paul Olexa, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion apprentice, pitches an idea called the Mag Rug during a Spark Tank competition, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Oct. 9, 2020. Whiteman Spark Tank is a competition where Airmen pitch their innovative ideas to a panel of wing and community leadership. Eleven ideas were pitched and the judges selected two to compete at the Air Force Global Strike Command’s Spark Tank competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Nuckolls)

    Whiteman Airman innovates, develops smart maintenance floor mat to prevent FOD

    Foreign object debris can come from a variety of sources and presents a major hazard to aircraft
  • Wing1Werx competition winner Capt. David Mansfield, 10th Missile Squadron intercontinental ballistic missile combat crew member, presents his innovative idea of routing an additional dial line into Missile Alert Facility capsules April 16, 2021, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.

    Junior enlisted execute Wing1Werx innovation competition

    Four innovators from Malmstrom Air Force Base planned, prepared and diligently worked to be selected as finalists for a quarterly innovation competition, which has implemented programs such as Air Force eSports and robotics now used across the force.
  • Winner receiving award from Lt. Gen. Webb

    AETC Announces Winners of iChallenge 2021

    Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, announced the winners of the AETC iChallenge and awarded a combined $300,000 during the annual Gathering of the Torch event at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The winners will work with their wing leadership to use the funds to further advance their ideas.
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Marshall B. Webb, commander of Air Education Training Command, presents the iChallenge first place Accelerate Change Award to Lt. Gen. James Hecker, Air University commander and president, during the iExpo award ceremony inside the Bay Breeze Event Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 6, 2021. The iChallenge was created to help inspire personnel around AETC to create new and innovative ways of completing the Air Force mission. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., put in place the Accelerate Change or Lose strategic approach in August 2020 to recognize the rapidly changing technology in the world and to encourage positive change in the Air and Space Forces. This action order has helped shape ideas presented during this year's iChallenge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

    AETC hosts first ever innovation challenge

    Air Education and Training Command announced the winners of the iChallenge during the Gathering of
  • U.S. Air and Space Force Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Office of the Surgeon General medical enlisted force and enlisted corps chief, visit the 673d Medical Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 26, 2021. Hogg and Kolczynski focused on readiness and innovation as they toured the hospital, recognized and connected with medics, and discussed the 673d MDG’s capabilities, operations, innovations, COVID-19 management and vaccine rollout, and plans for improvement.

    Surgeon General visits 673d MDG; emphasizes readiness, innovation

    Readiness, readiness and readiness are priorities one, two and three, said the U.S. Air Force and Space Force surgeon general and the chief of the medical enlisted force at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, April 26.
  • Military members render funeral honors to a deceased veteran.

    Team Kirtland Honor Guard innovates to streamline process

    The spirit of innovation is alive and well in the Kirtland AFB Honor Guard, where team members have come up with more efficient ways to meet mission requirements and save time.
  • people walk past an aircraft

    Local students experience AF STEM in Mobility’s Hometown

    Members of the Altus AFB Airmen Leadership Group hosted several science, technology, engineering, and math activities also known as STEM for a group of third through eighth-grade students from Snyder Public Schools, April 29, 2021, at Altus Air Force Base. The Wing Innovation Advancement Center partnered with the base library to build and supply materials for the children to use during their STEM activities. The WIAC is a location where Airmen can learn new skills to upgrade or improve practices and processes to make tomorrow’s Air Force faster and smarter.
  • The U.S. Air and Space Forces in collaboration with the security research community opened registration May 4, 2021 for the qualification round of the second annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat satellite hacking challenge. This virtual competition enables security researchers of all levels to focus their skills and creativity on solving cyber security challenges of space systems and incentivizes innovation in securing these systems.

    Space Security Challenge 2021: Hack-A-Sat 2 registration opens

    The U.S. Air and Space Forces in collaboration with the security research community opened registration May 4 for the qualification round of the second annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat satellite hacking challenge.
  • person holds lightsaber

    AAFB Spark Cell connects 'A Galaxy Far, Far Away' with 'Mobility's Hometown'

    Senior Airman Aaron Yohannan, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities operator, and Airman 1st Class Aidan Clark, 97th Training Squadron boom operator student, dedicate their free time to creating Star Wars lightsabers, helmets, and other replicas at the Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma Spark Cell.
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