USAFSAM's DIMO presents regional trauma and disaster response training

Lt. Colonel W. Tracy Jones (left) is shown with Tajikistan Minister of Health Nusratullo Salimov following a regional trauma and disaster response training event held in Tajikistan for 26 senior-level physicians representing Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. (Air Force photo)

USAFSAM's Defense Institute for Medical Operations trains Tajikistan physicians

Defense Institute for Medical Operations members who participated in a training mission for physicians in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan included (from left): Lt. Col. Barry Thomas, Captain Heather Hancock, Mr. Nusratullo Salimov, Tajikistan Minister of Health; Captain Francis Obuseh, and Lt. Col. W. Tracey Jones. (Air Force photo)

Super-fast Computing

Air Force Office of Scientific Research-supported physicists at the University of Michigan are developing innovative components for quantum, or super-fast, computers that will improve security for data storage and transmission on Air Force systems. (Bo Sun, artist, Applied Physics doctoral student, University of Michigan)

711th Human Performance Wing program wins regional technology transfer award

Kristen Schario (left), regional coordinator for the Federal Laboratory Consortium Midwest Region, presented an FLC Midwest Region Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for AFRL’s Live-Virtual-Constructive technology to (from second-left) Kristen Barrera, LVC program manager; and AFRL collaborators Brian Schreiber of LUMIR Research, Inc. and Rod Powers from Cubic Applications, Inc. (Photo by Amanda Snyder, FLC)

Tracking space clutter

The sodium guidestar provides real-time, high-fidelity tracking and imaging of satellites too faint for conventional optical systems. Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Starfire Optical Range at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., use this break-through technology to provide valuable space situational awareness capability. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Shiva Star

Research into the military applications of high-energy pulsed power systems is conducted in the 34,261-square-foot Air Force Research Laboratory?s Directed Energy Directorate, High Power Systems Facility. The facility houses Shiva Star, the Air Force?s largest pulsed-power system. Shiva Star stores nearly 10 million joules of energy (equal to 5 pounds of TNT). It produces a pulse of 120,000 volts and 10 million amps in one-millionth of a second to produce a power flow equivalent to a terawatt. Shiva Star has evolved from a 1 megajoule system in 1975, a 2 megajoule system in 1979, to its final form as a 10 megajoule system in 1982. Shiva Star has been used over the years for many different types of experiments such as pulse compression to increase energy in the pulse, plasma liner implosion for production of x-rays, solid liner implosions to compress matter to high density and pressure, compact toroids for generating high-energy plasmas, and simulation of explosive pulsed-power generators. U.S. Air Force photo

Supercomputer supports Gotcha radar

Dr. Michael Minardi uses a touch screen August 31 to demonstrate synthetic aperture radar imagery captured during a previous test of the Gotcha radar system over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Research Laboratory is developing Gotcha with the aid of an SGI Altix ICE 8200 supercomputer which will translate raw radar data in real-time into high-resolution 3-dimensional images. Gotcha is one of portfolio of research efforts to provide enhanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to future joint warfighters. Dr. Minardi is Gotcha program manager with AFRL’s Sensors Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Charles Abruzzino)

AFOSR and NASA launch rocket environmentally friendly fueled rocket

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research and NASA launched the first-ever test rocket fueled by environmentally-friendly Aluminum-Ice Propellant August 7 near Purdue University. The ALICE flight-vehicle accelerated to a speed of 205 mph and reached an altitude of nearly 1300 feet. (Credit: Dr. Steven F. Son, Purdue University)

711 HPW gear goes downrange for assessment

Master Sergeant Robert W. Bean, outfitted with more than 80 pounds of combat, communications and medical gear, prepares to embark on a mission in southern Afghanistan. His equipment includes a wearable computer and other technology developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Effectiveness Directorate—designed to reduce weight and increase U. S. warfighters’ efficiency in the field—which MSgt. Bean and fellow pararescue jumpers field-evaluated for application to their rescue-and-recovery mission. (Air Force photo)

711 HPW gear goes downrange for assessment

Master Sergeant Robert W. Bean, outfitted with more than 80 pounds of combat, communications and medical gear, prepares to embark on a mission in southern Afghanistan. His equipment includes a wearable computer and other technology developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Effectiveness Directorate—designed to reduce weight and increase U. S. warfighters’ efficiency in the field—which MSgt. Bean and fellow pararescue jumpers field-evaluated for application to their rescue-and-recovery mission. (Air Force photo)

Dr. Davy Belk breaks ground on the new Information Directorate complex

Dr. Davy Belk, AFRL Information Directorate director, provides opening remarks during a BRAC MILCON project groundbreaking at Rome Research Site, NY. The $10.25 million contract will add 28,000 square-feet to the existing Information Directorate complex and additionally alter approximately 18,600 square-feet to accommodate new laboratory and support facilities in support of the Information Directorate’s scientific and technical mission.

Will McCuddy with the Long E-Z aircraft

Will McCuddy, former Wright Scholar at the Air Force Museum Annex with the Long E-Z aircraft which contains the pulse detonation engine he worked on after his time in the program.