The Air Force Association unveiled its new website (www.afa.org), a total redesign that provides a more user-friendly and interactive experience for AFA members, field leaders, educators, corporate partners, and the media. “We are aiming to make afa.org a more useful destination for all,” said Craig McKinley, AFA president, in a July 9 release. “Our new website will better help us achieve our mission to educate, advocate, and support on behalf of the Total Force family. We want to clearly emphasize all of the programs we have here at AFA and the ways people can get involved to join us in supporting our airmen and their families,” he said. The website features sections on: upcoming events, such as AFA’s annual Air & Space Conference; AFA publications; scholarships and educator grants; corporate partners; and the media. Additionally, the website provides easier access to a fully revamped resource area for AFA members and field leaders and has a new donation section that showcases various donation programs and the importance of supporting AFA through financial gifts.
The long-standing method for communicating data down from space via radio frequencies has the potential to create deadly data bottlenecks that could slow and stymie future operations, according to a new report from AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. The report makes the case for combining RF with optical communications…