Contingency Landing System initiative offers portability for airbase opening forces

The Air Mobility Battlelab, or AMB, recently joined forces with the Air Force's Electronic Systems Center to show how cutting edge aircraft approach and landing technology can shrink the footprint of the airbase opening forces. "Many austere airfields don't have the necessary equipment to enable

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Battlelab initiative demonstrates safer way to cool down KC-135 flight deck

Aircrews operating KC-135 Stratotankers in hot climates may soon have a safer way to keep their flight decks cool thanks to the Air Mobility Battlelab's KC-135 Hot Weather Cooling Sock initiative. "This initiative addresses a current problem where aircraft maintainers use a standard flexible duct

Expeditionary Skills Summit aims to streamline training for Airmen

The evolving Global War on Terrorism has made Col. Jenny Pickett's personal mission of "keeping Airmen alive" more challenging these days. The commandant of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Operations School, which trains Airmen for deployment, says inconsistencies in where and how troops gain

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Air Mobility Battlelab's KC-135 night vision initiative sheds light on refueling ops improvements

Teaming with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Night Vision Center of Excellence of Mesa, Ariz., the Air Mobility Battlelab saw a way to aid Stratotanker aircrews to see in the dark through the KC-135 Exterior Night Vision Imaging System-compatible Lighting initiative. "The tanker's exterior

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