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Introducing BRAVO: A hackathon series for Air Force, industry Nellis hosts

The Air Force’s new
STITCHES Warfighter
Application Team, or Frost Fest 2021
SWAT, in close coordi-
nation with the Office of
the Chief Information
Officer, AFWERX, Air
Combat Command, the
Joint Artificial Intelli-
gence Center and others
are organizing the first
known Department of
Defense-wide classified
innovation hackathon
called BRAVO @ Nellis
Jan. 5-12, 2022, at Nellis
Air Force Base, Nev.
A hackathon is an
innovation event com-
monly employed by se-
curity communities and
technology companies,
in which teams self- Courtesy photographs Frost Fest attendees line up for photos in Mrs. Claus peeks at a child hiding
form and develop work- A bomb lands forward of the Ostfriesland on July 21, 1921. The BRAVO hackathon series is named from Project B, a 1921 series of joint Army-Navy front of the base’s holiday tree display at behind Frost Fest’s holiday photo event
ing prototypes urgently target exercises conducted on surplus ships in response to Army Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell’s claim that bombers sink battleships. Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 3, 2021. entrance at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.,
Air Force photographs by Staff Sgt. Gabriela Keiser
in response to challeng- The base holiday tree was lit prior to the A family poses for a photo with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 3, 2021. Frost Fest is a winter holiday
es often accompanied INSET: Project B proved bombers beat battleships and kickstarted a century of airpower innovation. Although the exercises validated Army Brig. Gen. Billy Frost Fest event and will be lit each night Dec. 3, 2021. The Nellis Club will maintain the holiday display through Jan. 1 for families event hosted by the 99th Force Support
with data. Mitchell’s claim that bombers sink battleships, he was never promoted to a role to lead the change. In 1925, he provided a lengthy statement, summarized through the New Year. to use for their holiday photos. Squadron.
as: “All aviation policies, schemes, and systems are dictated by non-flying officers of the Army or Navy who know practically nothing about it.” He was
___ See bravO, on Page 8 consequently court martialed.

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