081017-F-7777K-001

Ultrafast flashes of x-rays can eject an electron from a molecule, leaving the molecule in a super excited state that eventually causes it to break apart. (Image courtesy of Greg Kuebler, JILA.)

AFRL honors deployed troops with flag ceremony

A four-member military-civilian flag detail prepares to lower the American flag at The Prairies at Wright Field on Sept. 30. Team members from left are Dr. Nicholas J. DelRaso, Dr. Camilla A. Mauzy, Major Leamon K. Viveros and Master Sergeant Julie A. Boyer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chris Gulliford)

Military-civilian flag retreat honors deployed troops

More than sixty Air Force Research Laboratory military and civilian personnel paid tribute to their deployed colleagues Sept. 30 by conducting a flag retreat ceremony at The Prairies at Wright Field military housing on Colonel Glenn Highway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Chris Gulliford)

Studying human performance

Kassi Micak participates in the citrulline malate study conducted by Air Force Research Laboratory officials Aug. 19 at Brooks City-Base, Texas. Citrulline malate has shown to increase lactate threshold and VO2 Max in healthy humans and is being investigated, along with other nutritional supplements and training aids, by AFRL officials to improve cognitive and physical performance of battlefield Airmen. Ms. Micak, a competitive cyclist based in San Antonio, volunteered for the study. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Thurow)

AFRL experiments aboard ISS

The Air Force Research Laboratory recently partnered with NASA to conduct materials experiments aboard the International Space Station. The Materials on the International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) program exposes materials in suitcase sized containers to orbit before returning them to Earth aboard the space shuttle. Pictured is MISSE 6A and 6B. (NASA Photo)

Seeing through the sand

Deputy Secretary of Defense, Gordon England (right), Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Michael Donnelly (center), Secretary of the Air Force, listen to Brian Mitchell, Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate, as he describes solutions being developed for the problem of helicopter brownout at the national Air Force Association conference in Washington D.C. Sept. 15 through 17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Wallace)