• First C-130J delivered to Norway

    The first C-130J delivered through the foreign military sales process was turned over to the Royal Norwegian Air Force in a ceremony November 12 at the Lockheed-Martin plant in Marietta, Ga. The delivery is the culmination of nearly two years of work that began when the Norwegian Ministry of Defense

  • AFOSR Engages Minority Institutions to Participate in DoD Research

    In an effort to continue to strengthen ties with America's historically black colleges and universities, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research took its message to the Thurgood Marshall Leadership Institute Oct. 24-27. Leading a round table discussion at what many consider to be the premier

  • New hand-launched surveillance system tested at Indiana airfield

    A crew from the Air Force Research Laboratory test flew the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) known as BAT 3 here Oct. 14. The BAT 3 is a system that will assist the military and civilians with surveillance missions. AFRL is using the UAS in the Cooperative Operations in Urban Terrain, or COUTNER

  • Veterinary care helps build relations with nomadic tribe

    A deployed Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Airman recently assisted fellow Airmen and Soldiers from the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team by vaccinating hundreds of animals in preparation for the long, hard Afghan winter. Air Force Staff Sgt. Don Elias, PRT force protection NCOIC, stepped up to

  • Air Force Personnel Center briefing team coming to Wright-Patt

    Base Airmen and civilian employees wanting to learn about the latest personnel policy changes affecting them are invited to meet the Air Force Personnel Center commander and her "Spread the Word" briefing team Friday, Nov. 14. The briefing will start at 1 p.m. at the Kittyhawk Base Theater

  • New coatings may dramatically cut aircraft fuel tank repairs

    Researchers with the Air Force Research Laboratory here developed a program to signicantly reduce costly repairs of aircraft fuel tanks. By using a diethylene glycol mono-methyl ether (DIEGME)-resistant coating for the interior of aircraft fuel tanks, AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate

  • Veterans advocate speaks plainly during Retiree Appreciation Day

    The leader of a veterans advocacy organization told military retirees and spouses here Oct. 29 that there have been a number of recent successes defending proposed reductions to their benefits. Retired Army Maj. Gen. Bill Matz, president of the National Association of Uniformed Services, was a

  • Air Force, Dayton VA team to streamline transition for separating vets

    Air Force and Veterans Affairs officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony this week for a new Dayton VA/DOD Transition Center at Wright-Patterson Medical Center here. The center, which opened for business Oct. 30, is designed to streamline the transition for separating and retiring military

  • Center shares improvements, progress at self-inspection review

    With the added emphasis on compliance recently articulated by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz in the fore, meetings such as the self-inspection review hosted by Lt. Gen. John Hudson, Aeronautical Systems Center commander, will likely become commonplace. In fact, this meeting was the