• Scout Airfield Interdictor Flight Test: Coordinated Rendezvous

    Air Force Research Laboratory researchers completed a successful flight test of the Scout challenge test beds. The test's goal was to direct two test beds to search tactical areas of interest and later attack a stationary target simultaneously. The Scout problem gives guidance researchers an

  • Federal Benefits Open Season Health Fair is Nov. 18

    Base civilian employees can learn more about their health care benefits plan options during a Federal Benefits Open Season Health Fair, Wednesday, Nov. 18 at the Hope Hotel here.This year's event will include will include representatives from the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio, Government

  • Air Force family's 'Extreme Makeover' to air on Nov. 8

    During this Year of the Air Force Family, one ultimate act of Airmen helping their own will get national attention Nov. 8 when ABC-TV's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' features a civilian Airman and his new custom-built house. "We are having lots of fun in the new house and life has been so much

  • Tops In Blue 2009 to perform at Ervin J. Nutter Center

    The U.S. Air Force's Tops In Blue 2009 will perform for its 5th time at the Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wednesday, Nov. 25, at 6:00 p.m. The event will offer a free night of family entertainment that is open to the public. This year's theme "To Dream" presents an "extravaganza of sight and sound, of

  • Carbon Nanostructures Research May Prompt Revolutionary Devices

    Cornell University's Dr. Jiwoong Park conducts Air Force Research Laboratory-sponsored basic research of carbon nanostructures, which may one day be used in Air Force electronic, thermal, mechanical, and sensing devices. His research team is examining single molecules, nanocrystals, nanowires,

  • AFRL Funding Propels Advances in Eco-Friendly Rocket Fuel

    A collaborative effort between Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA and academia resulted in the successful launch of a small rocket using a safe, environmentally friendly propellant. The substance, comprising aluminum powder and ice, thus known as ALICE, is suitable both for short flights in earth's

  • AFRL DIMOnstrates Dedication to World-Class Health Education

    The Defense Institute for Medical Operations -- a unit of the Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing, US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine--demonstrated its commitment to high-quality international medical training by participating in Operation SOUTHERN PARTNER, a 12th Air

  • AsMA Honors AFRL Program Manager

    Dr. Terence J. Lyons, program manager for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, received the Aerospace Medical Association's prestigious Louis H. Bauer Founders Award. Named for AsMA's founder, this award is presented annually in recognition of the most significant contributions to aerospace

  • Jobs Fair Nov. 5 at Hope Hotel

    As part of the ongoing "Year of the Air Force Family" celebration, base officials will hold a jobs fair for military affiliated families Thursday, Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hope Hotel here. The event is open to active duty and reserve military personnel from all branches, prior service

  • Lab-Sponsored UM Researcher Wins Prestigious Presidential Award

    Dr. Anthony Grbic, an Air Force Research Laboratory-funded principal investigator at the University of Michigan, earned Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers program accolades for his research of artificial surfaces and materials--otherwise known as metamaterials. The PECASE