Air Force Materiel Command

🏆Way to code, team! Congrats to the 309th Software Engineering Group (SWEG)—Hill AFB which was recognized by the United States Department of Defense with the Rear Admiral Grace M. Hopper Award for Software Maintenance Excellence. The award recognizes the top organic software activity that, through its mission accomplishments, provided extraordinary capability for operational units supported. The award is named after U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, a computer scientist and mathematician who was a pioneer in computer programming and broke barriers for women in the field of computers. She was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and used this theory to develop several high level programming languages still in use today. 👏#OneAFMC #USAF #Awards #software #defense Learn more: https://lnkd.in/deRW2gmh

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🚴♂️🚴♂️What a ride! United States Air Force senior leaders past and present were among the 200 riders who participated in the 340-mile Air Force Memorial-to-Memorial Heritage Ride this year. The annual cycling event, stretching across several states from the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina to the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, celebrates the legacy of the Department of the Air Force. Riders represented DAF as they traveled through small towns and rural areas, promoting the values of endurance, teamwork, and service to the public. The event featured support from Air Force Recruiting Service, flyovers, and a swearing-in ceremony, contributing to fitness promotion and recruitment efforts. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Maj. Gen. Anthony Genatempo and Scott Hardiman joined riders who included Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin; retired Gen. David Goldfein, the 21st CSAF; and retired Chief Master Sgt. James Roy, the 16th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. The 2024 Memorial to Memorial raised more than $43,000 to support the Wounded Airmen and Guardians Program. Read more about this annual tradition at https://lnkd.in/gceyxui7 #USAF #heritage #cycling #bike #memorial

The Air Force Special Operations Command Technology, Acquisition, and Sustainment Review brought together senior leaders from the @United States Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command, and AFSOC to address strategic and enterprise-level issues. This year’s theme was ‘Air Commandos – Pathway to the Future Fight’ and highlighted how AFSOC is building the force needed in competition, crisis, and conflict for both the service and combatant command. During the two-day conference leaders identified resources to resolve the highest priority acquisition and sustainment issues that address Air Force mission threads and SOCOM priorities. Details: https://lnkd.in/eRbnjwQs #AFSOC #defense #USAF

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👉BIG win for readiness! In a record depot feat, the “Spirit of Nebraska” a B-2 bomber, returned to operations 91 days ahead of schedule, after completing programmed depot maintenance (PDM), Oct. 15, 2024. In the past, B-2s took approximately 470 days to go through PDM, which typically occurs once every nine years. However, the “Spirit of Nebraska” was able to get through PDM in only 379 days due to several efficiency changes by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Bombers Directorate. Learn more about this big United States Air Force win at https://lnkd.in/gQmQTtTi #b2spirit #avgeek #defense #usaf #aviation

During the #software #sprint, 8 industry software teams and a military development team from the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis Innovation Directorate, were asked to create and refine solutions against the Generating Battle Course of Actions problem set. Current DAF Command & Control systems and processes are optimized for low-intensity conflict and do not address decision advantage over a high-intensity pacing threat. Software coders used the Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team's Transformational Model for decision-making to develop tools explicitly aimed at decision advantage, which is the ability to make better and faster decisions than an opponent. #software #descisionmaking #coding #sprint #defense

✈️The flying projects are the latest milestone as part of an ongoing collaboration between the Air Force Test Pilot School and the Operator Performance Laboratory, which includes an agreement where school instructors obtain their PhD in an advanced field before returning to instruct future test leaders. Through the utilization of two highly modified L-29 test aircraft, students were exposed to a variety of aircraft - human systems integration, including a specialized form of helmet tracking known as "Rhino Pointing," hands-on throttle and stick controls, and fifth-generation haptics using touchscreen large-area displays. #partnerships #academia #aviation #testpilot

👉BIG changes to how we develop our #Airmen: The United States Air Force introduced a new set of instructions and policies under DAFI 36-2685, Total Force Enlisted Developmental Education, Oct. 9. The changes are part of an ongoing effort to streamline and modernize Total Force enlisted development following the separation of DAFI 36-2670, Total Force Development, into more specialized instructions. The new policy: • Formalizes a structured continuum that connects base-level professional development to Enlisted Professional Military Education, providing a more cohesive framework for enlisted career progression. • Establishes installation development centers as the designated host for Enlisted Foundations Courses, delivering timely and relevant content to Total Force Airmen. • Clarifies the roles and responsibilities of development advisors, previously known as career assistance advisors, particularly in overseeing the Informed Decision Program, First Term Enlisted Course and Foundations Courses. This publication marks a critical evolution in the development and education of enlisted Airmen and Guardians, aimed at better preparing them for leadership roles while maintaining flexibility in their career progression. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gYCtx4Gn Read the updated DAFI 36-2685: https://lnkd.in/grWccKdv

#DYK The DAF BATTLE NETWORK is an integrated 'system of systems' connecting sensor, effector, and logistics systems providing better situational awareness, faster decisions, and decisive direction -- a resilient decision advantage to the joint force.  As a new division in the Department of the Air Force’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management, Kessel Run delivers resilient command and control, and targeting software capabilities that provide warfighters with decision advantage.  #defense #BattleNetwork #jointforce #USAF #software #C2