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GPC processing center changes mid-January
December 14, 2006 — Langley will be one of the first military installations to replace the current government purchase card processing system, Customer Automated Reporting Environment with Access Online Jan. 17. The new system has several innovative perks to include a user-friendly login, detailed transaction log form, a time-saving approval process and additional... MORE

Guard integration
December 14, 2006 — MORE

Staff Sgt's Toni Brooks (left) and Bradford Boone (right), both 192nd Virginia Air National Guard aircraft maintainers attached to the 94th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, troubleshoot the avionics system on a F-22A Raptor using the Portable Maintaince Adapter (PMA) on Dec. 6, 2006.For well over a year, aircraft maintainers and pilots from the 192nd Virginia Air National Guard Unit based out of Richmond, Va. have slowly intergrated into the F-22A Raptor program at Langley AFB. (USAF Photo By Staff Sgt Samuel Rogers)

New pay, personnel system coming
December 14, 2006 — A new system coming in 2008 to the Army and Air Force will integrate pay and personnel and make life easier for servicemembers everywhere, the general in charge of the system's deployment said. The Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System, integrates the two services' pay and personnel systems into one Web-based system, said Army Maj... MORE

Langley wraps up 2006 CFC drive
December 14, 2006 — Langley wrapped up its six-week Combined Federal Campaign Nov. 27, but not before the 1st Fighter Wing raised the standards above the rest of the region in support of nationwide charities. Being the highest contributor in the region, Langley donated more than $467,000. The wing and tenant units raised $210, 916 this year, which was not only an... MORE

Slivers of silver add up for engineers
December 14, 2006 — Silver. For thousands of years, it's been highly valued as a ductile and malleable metal for making the coin of the realm, jewelry, tableware and for processing photography. It's also an integral component in the Air Force's newest weapon system - the F-22A Raptor. The shiny element also has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any... MORE

First AF female combat pilot reflects on career
December 13, 2006 — As she attends Air War College here, the first female pilot in the Department of Defense to fly in combat reflected on some of her career experiences so far. An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, Lt. Col. Martha McSally is also the first female in the Air Force to serve as the commander of any combat aviation squadron, to include fighters and bombers. "The... MORE

Lt. Col. Martha McSally stands with her A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. The colonel is the first female pilot in the Air Force to fly in combat and to serve as a squadron commander of a combat aviation squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo)

End of an era: F-15 demo team transitions to F-22 demo team
December 8, 2006 — The F-15 East Coast Demonstration Team, one of seven single-ship demonstration teams assigned to Air Combat Command, concluded 27 years of performance history Dec. 1. After averaging more than 30 air shows a year, in front of about four million people, in the four corners of the United States and everywhere in between, the 20-man demo team stood... MORE

The East Coast Demonstration Team will transition from flying the F-15 Eagle, and in the future will fly the F-22 Raptors like these. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker)

Langley prepares for eco-disaster
December 8, 2006 — A yacht striking the Langley fuel pier would be a tragedy, but the ecological aftermath of such an accident could be catastrophic if a large amount of jet fuel was released into the Back River. Langley personnel drilled Nov. 29 to counter that exact possibility, exercising the base response to a fuel spill into the waterways around the base. The... MORE

Robert Kerby coordinates the next course of action with the disaster control group during an Oil Spill Response Exercise Nov. 29 at Langley Air Force Base, Va. The oil spill exercise was designed to test the reaction and response times as well as recovery process of Langley AFB members if an environmental mishap were to take place on the installation. Mr. Kerby was the the on scene commander during the base's Oil Spill Response Exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers)

Vipers leave after week-long fight with Raptors
December 8, 2006 — After a week and a half of training at a deployed location, nine F-16s, 15 pilots and more than 75 maintainers will journey back to home station Dec. 8. Members of the 523rd Fighter Squadron and Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., will leave Langley today after completing 10 days of dissimilar aircraft training against 1st... MORE

Captain Katherine Gaetke, F-16 pilot from the 523 Fighter Squadron, and Crew Chief Staff Sergeant Michael Brooks from the 524 Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare to fly dissimilar aircraft training at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, December 4, 2006. (US Air Force photo by Airman First Class Christopher L. Ingersoll)

Education center discontinues proctor services
December 8, 2006 — The Langley Base Training and Education Center will discontinue test proctoring services beginning Dec. 21 due to new mission requirements. The education center has offered proctoring, where a student takes an exam administered by a third party, for servicemembers taking online or distance learning through numerous civilian universities despite not... MORE

Monica Sutton, 1st Mission Support Squadron test administrator, hands a test booklet to Master Sgt. Clarence Reeves, 317th Recruiting Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Md., before he begins his test Tuesday. The education center will discontinue test proctoring services Dec. 21. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dawn Duman)

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