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more about #usaf fuchikoma: For one thing, ATi drivers have been a mess for as long as I can remember (around the last decade or so...) If any driver installer asks you to instal... more » Chris Hansen: Yet more people jumping on the Windows Vista hate bandwagon. Oh Microsoft is so horrible! We're having problems with a faulty component that ANOTHER E... more » Ninety-9: MAN, Windows 7 SUCKS!1!1! I lost my power cord and now all I get is a black screen. Keyboard doesn't appear to respond, either. Unfortunately, we h... more » TonyWonder: I call bullshit... why would the AirForce be using Vista when every other Government Agency still uses XP... more » NateSD: I would like to know what base in England (since you have British outlets) you are stationed at. I could just call the help desk for you to come and ... more » vagrawal: "I can't believe that I'm part of the most advanced and expensive military organization in the world"...what does this have to do with the fact, that ... more » Odin: Despite the headline after reading the actual article it doesn't seem Windows Vista is even remotely to blame. The faulty driver is ATI's and they can... more » bitgod: Hah, now I feel extremely vindicated about my bitching about ATI drivers and my 4850 the last year in forums. Sigh...now excuse me, I have to go play... more » chaitanyak: i'm a ubuntu user.. but seriously why does everyone blame vista for hardware issues? Helllooo bsod's are mostly caused by hardware incompatibilities..... more » Gary_7vn: What's wrong with Excel? Vista we know about, but Excel has to be one of the most stable, useful, if totally boring applications out there. I don't th... more » SunnyInPhilly: Air Force just recently started upgrading to Vista from XP. Naturally it's going to have some problems. Most bases have a Comm Help Desk that can fi... more » The Skud: I'm a weather forecaster at one of 5 weather squadrons in the AF. We're a pretty big deal, providing forecasts and protection for 13 states in the SE ... more » meg00b: Ummm. Those look like UK outlets. So an Air Force base in the UK. more » Xeno: So he should hate ATI or that his IT guys suck. It's not a Vista problem. more » auslander: "Honestly, I don't know what surprises me more about this story. The fact that he is having such problems, that the USAF uses Excel for any task, or t... more » QLAB: Ground Control to Major Tom... This is Ground Control to Major Tom. We are calling your tip a FAKE!!!! Ok I don't know who posted this, but there ar... more » MikeSWelch: How is that Vista's fault? It sounds like ATI's fault. more » joharp: I am also a DoD employee for the USAF. When we call IT, it goes to someone on base. I had the exact same problem on my first day of work (new dell d... more » TKWarrior: For shame Giz, wow. This article is full of so much fail (no need to re-post all the faults in this 'story' already shown in the comments). It's sadly... more » diabolusunknownTheSecond: What a shit-load of mis-information and uninformed commentary. Its like when I heard a lady at Best Buy bitching about Vista because she had a Vista ... more » -
#networks
USAF's Ultrawideband Laser Networks
The US Air Force is not only experimenting with lasers to kill missiles. They are now using them to transmit data from planes and drones, at 22 miles and enabling quantum encryption. They did it with adaptive optics: More » -
#nuclearweapons
Large Insect Crashes Air Force Missile Truck
Surprisingly, this is not the first time a US Air Force missile truck has crashed this year. However, it's probably the first time they should think about calling SHIELD or Godzilla to fight the villian behind it: "A large insect." More » -
#computingclassic
Computing Classic: The 1954 SAGE Protected the US From Invasions That Never Came
Dag Spicer from the Computer History Museum leaned over and unscrewed a bolt. Underneath, it read, "I can't stand it". The operator's job was to look for cold war bombers that never came. I would go mad, too. Look: More » -
#weapons
30,000-Pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator Is Not What You Think
Smile, you GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator you! Or like I like to call you: Mr. Holmes, the 30,000-pound (13.6 metric tons) precision-guided bunker buster. That's 25,000 pounds heavier than the largest bunker-buster available. More » -
#airplanes
USAF Boeing C17 Globemaster Is One Heck of a Machine
We take these huge military airplanes for granted, but listening to an expert describing the technology—like titanium heat dissipators and thrust reverters mounted on top—is quite enlightening. Best thing, however: Furry pilot seats. More » -
#imagecache
USAF Thunderbirds Are GO!
It's officially air show season, which means the men and women of the USAF Thunderbirds squadron are set and ready to do crazy crap in the air for our amusement. More » -
#airplanes
Flowerpower F-15 Breaks Mach 2, USAF to Start Painting Planes with Rainbows
The USAF keeps pushing forward the race towards cleaner skies—and leaner warmachine and potential global mayhem costs—moving from pure oil-derived fuel to a mixture between oil and synthetic fuel. The new benchmark is not a B1 bomber, which they already put through its paces using a similar mix, but a fighter jet: They broke the Mach 2 barrier using the new fuel mix in an F-15, which according to the Air Force is a crucial step: More » -
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#cyberwar
Air Force Cyber Command to Be Rebooted
The Air Force Cyber Command, those guys who want to pwn cyberspace with their fancy PlayStation 3 farms and kinetic-denial-of-service Mk84 bombs, has been put on hold by the new USAF head honcho, General Norton A. Schwartz. More » -
#letired
Predator Pilots Are Most Fatigued Military Flight Crews
According to a just-released Navy research paper, pilots of the MQ-1 Predator unmanned air vehicles are the most fatigued crews in the military, which seriously affects job performance, operational safety and family relationships. The most worrying thing is the reasons why and the lack of a clear solution: More »
