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  • Protecting Ourselves and our Families

    With the recent increase in Force Protection Levels, now is a good time to check our protection of our home and family. it is critical that we understand and consider various measures we can take to ensure the safety of ourselves and our loved ones. This should be an on-going process not only now,

  • Popcorn volunteers brighten medical center atrium

    Mary Lou Petersen is a volunteer popcorn pal who has perfected her popping prowess since 2010 in the main atrium at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's medical center."The aroma is major free advertising," Petersen said. "It goes up to all the floors. Everybody wants popcorn every day."That aroma does

  • AFRL commander, spouse receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor

    Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello, Defense Contract Management Agency director, Fort Lee, Virginia, and Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, were awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor May 9 at a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York City.The

  • Base exercise tests vital preparations, responses

    Wright Patterson Air Force Base was a flurry of activity last week as base personnel were put through their deployment and emergency response paces during this quarter's base-wide exercise.Events started early as the order came down to prepare to send Airmen overseas in a deployment exercise that

  • AF Chief Scientist visits AFRL, Receives Service Honor

    Dr. Mica Endsley, Chief Scientist of the Air Force, met with Air Force Research Laboratory leaders here May 5 - 7, reviewing key Air Force science and technology programs, and attending a preview of the technology displays AFRL will feature at the Department of Defense Lab Day event to be held May

  • U.S. Air Force Marathon Seeks Volunteers

    Looking for a way to experience a marathon without having to run it? The U.S. Air Force Marathon is looking for more than 2,300 volunteers to help.Volunteers are needed to help manage a variety of important functions including handing out shirts, bibs and meal tickets to the more than 15,000 runners

  • Consortium agreement to optimize Wright-Patt medical resources

    A new agreement was signed May 1 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in an effort to dramatically improve the timeliness of medical care to veterans throughout Ohio and optimize the training and readiness of personnel at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center (WPMC).Col. Timothy Ballard, commander of

  • Flight tests conclude for shape changing aircraft flap

    A team of researchers from Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA and FlexSys, Inc., accomplished a long sought goal in aviation research April 22 with the last flight of the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) Flight Research program.A radically new morphing wing technology called FlexfoilTM

  • Rome Lab mathematician earns award

    The Mohawk Valley Engineers Executive Council (MVEEC) Young Technologist of the Year award was presented to a research mathematician from the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate during the 65th annual Mohawk Valley Technical Awards banquet April 23 in New York Mills, New York.Dr.