Materiel Command’s ICE-Breaker: Air Force Materiel Command plans next week to hold the first Air Force Integrated Collaborative Environment (ICE) Breaker—an annual event to demonstrate modeling and simulation capabilities. The basic idea is to field advanced computer network and software capabilities more quickly—and on cost. This first ICE Breaker will feature scenarios simulating attacks on terrorist camps that will be visible on battle management screens at Aeronautical Systems Center in Ohio, Air Armament Center in Florida, Electronic Systems Center in Massachusetts, as well as the Pentagon.
New B-52 Radar Makes First Flight
Dec. 12, 2025
The Air Force’s radar modernization effort for the B-52 Stratofortress entered flight testing recently, a “milestone” for the once over-budget system that senior leaders call the start of a new era for the Cold War bomber.
