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April 13, 2021
Duke Field maintainers implement innovative training program

Accomplishing missions any time, any place, is standard for Duke Field’s Citizen Air Commandos. Airmen with the 919th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are implementing new training to ensure that standard is met with an innovative program that delivers expert maintenance in smaller
Nov. 5, 2020
Call for Innovation Rodeo ideas nears Dec. 1 deadline

With less than a month to go in their annual call-for-topics campaign, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is still looking for innovative ideas with potential to change the Air Force.
April 3, 2019
SSgt. Anderson shined a light on a mid-air refueling problem

Tinkering with a small communication box in his home garage, Staff Sgt. Jeremie Anderson, 9th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J instructor loadmaster, discovered an innovation in mid-air refueling that changed the way loadmasters execute the mission today.
March 1, 2019
Innovation Rodeo moves ideas closer to reality

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Three innovative ideas that support worldwide warfighter success are one step closer to reality today thanks to the first Air Force Innovation Rodeo, $650,000 in total seed money, and a partnership with AFWERX and tech accelerator companies.During the Air Force Installation and
March 15, 2018
AFCENT innovation summit fuels thoughtful debate on future Air Force and DoD operations

U.S. Air Forces Central Command hosted its second annual innovation summit, March 8-9, 2018, bringing military and academic minds together to brainstorm warfighting challenges and assess progress made in collaboration between the Defense Innovation Experimental Unit and the Combined Air Operations
Oct. 25, 2017
16th SOS reaps benefits from program coded by Airman

Thanks to the intuitiveness of an Air Commando at Cannon, AC-130W Stinger II pilots are able to ensure the right targets are identified properly and at a quicker rate in combat.
Aug. 1, 2017
Embedded Air Force researchers develop innovative battlefield medical technology

Air Force researchers delivered the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit to Airmen in combat. BATDOK is software that can run on a smartphone or other mobile device, and draws patient information from a wide variety of commercially available, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
July 8, 2016
Air Commandos benefit from science to beat heat

Heat-related illness is a critical factor when personnel are operating in extreme temperatures. Dr. Reginald O'Hara and his exercise physiology research team developed small, lightweight, passive cooling technology.