The 633d Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms Training and Maintenance center hosted the Excellence in Competition tournament in recognition of National Police Week at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The competition provided friendly competition while allowing Airmen to maintain proficiency in firing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zoie Cox)
In 2017, with the intent to inspire innovation within the Air Force, the Air Force Association put on the first “Spark Tank” competition in Orlando, Florida. In 2018, Gen. David Goldfein, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, came out with Air Force innovation funds Air Force-wide.
“Originally the innovation funds were divvied up and used how a squadron saw fit,” said Sarah O’Neil, 633d Contracting Squadron contracting specialist. “The funds weren’t being utilized properly and Col. Gregory Beaulieu [633d Air Base Wing commander] wanted to change that. He wanted to find a way to remove that restraint and meet the intent of the innovation funds by allowing for more flexibility of funding so that people could actually...
In 2017, with the intent to inspire innovation within the Air Force, the Air Force Association put on the first “Spark Tank” competition in Orlando, Florida. In 2018, Gen. David Goldfein, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, came out with Air Force innovation funds Air Force-wide.
The U.S. Army Corps of non-commissioned Officers calls itself the “Backbone of the Army,” and May 2-5 newly promoted Army and Air Force NCOs at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, joined together for the first Joint NCO Week at JBLE. Participants strengthened core team and leadership aspects, with a week of physically and mentally challenging team-building activities, culminating in a Joint NCO Induction Ceremony, a tradition celebrating...
The AFWERX program is the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force which teams up with Airmen to procure innovative and revolutionary ideas to expand and better the processes within our Air Force. The Department’s annual innovation competition, Spark Tank, welcomes bright, enthusiastic inventors from all career fields to present their ideas and inventions for a chance to have their projects funded for further growth and expansion.
