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  • Current C-5 cargo airplane tire replacement requires up to five Airmen with a multitude of tools to replace a tire. The Air Force Research Laboratory Junior Force Warfighter Operations Team works on a solution for this awkward and uncomfortable task.(U.S. Air Force photo)

    AFRL invents cargo aircraft tire change tool

    The 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, part of the Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California, who maintains the U. S. Air Force’s largest aircraft, the C-5M Super Galaxy, contacted the AFRL's JFWORX team seeking assistance to increase the safety and decrease the manpower requirements of the current tire changing process.
  • 2019 Air Force Marathon 10k race starts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Wesley Farnsworth)

    Wright-Patterson AFB hosts 23rd Air Force Marathon

    The Air Force Marathon is a host of fitness and family events, including a 1K kid's race, a full marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K runs, with rain delaying the start of the 10K, full and half marathons.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Francis Arnaldo, 9th Security Forces Squadron resource protection NCO in charge, flies a drone while testing out the Hivemapper program capabilities at Beale Air Force Base, California, April 12, 2019. The Hivemapper program is a three-dimensional drone that can map infrastructure while providing visualization and analytic tools. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Veronica Montes)

    548th ISRG, 9th SFS partner with Hivemapper program to utilize drone capabilities

    Beale AFB is currently the first base to beta-test the Hivemapper program, an artificial drone capability that records and senses change detection, as a way to save time and manpower, while improving security and operational risk measures for the installation.

  • AMC commander talks readiness, transformation at Air, Space and Cyber Conference

    Addressing a room of Airmen, reporters and defense researchers, Gen. Maryanne Miller, Air Mobility Command commander, explained how her command is adapting to meet the demands outlined by the strategy.
  • An F-22 Raptor conducts a combat air patrol mission

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
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