AFRL leading alternative biofuels research

Richard Strievich, with the University of Dayton Research Institute, runs laboratory tests on camelina oil at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. AFRL is working closely with a number of industry and academic partners to research and develop hydro-treated renewable jet (HRJ) derived from plant oils and animal fats. Air Force Alternative Fuels Certification Office officials intend to certify a 50-50 blend of HRJ with traditional JP-8 jet fuel to power the service's entire fleet of aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bonnie White)

Radioactive Material Program Manager Chris Anthony

Chris Anthony, Radioactive Material Program Manager, with the Radiation Branch carries a sealed box of old tritium exit signs to load on a truck for shipment to a recycling center in Las Vegas. (U.S. Air Force by Ted Theopolos)

Testing

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Test engineers check the laptop prior to a ground test of the A-10C Thunderbolt II March 24 prior to the groundbreaking flight powered solely on a biomass-derived jet fuel blend. The A-10 was fueled with a 50/50 blend of Hydrotreated Renewable Jet and JP-8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Hook up

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Staff Sgt. Rusty Jones, 40th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, prepares to fuel the A-10C Thunderbolt II as it prepares for the first flight of an aircraft powered solely on a biomass-derived jet fuel blend. The A-10 was fueled with a 50/50 blend of Hydrotreated Renewable Jet and JP-8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

First responders rescue, triage and prepare the injured for transport during a mass casualty exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The scenario included a tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

First responders rescue, triage and prepare the injured for transport during a mass casualty exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The scenario included a tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

First responders rescue, triage and prepare the injured for transport during a mass casualty exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The scenario included a tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Incident commander Kevin Lairson and Chief 2 Charles Farley, both with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Fire Department, direct first responders during a base exercise March 10, 2010. The scenario included a tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Staff Sgt. Jerrod Ricketts prepares to provide emergency first aid to Tech. Sgt. Brian Meeker during a mass casualty exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The scenario included a simulated tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. Sergeant Ricketts is assigned to the 88th Security Forces Squadron at Wright-Patt and Sergeant Meeker to the Air Force Claims Service Center in Kettering, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Senior Airman Tyler Rich checks the tourniquet of simulated amputee victim, 1st Lt. Daniel Arnal, and calls for assistance during a disaster response exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Airmen and civilian employees volunteered to become realistic victims of a tornado during the quarterly mass casualty exercise in Area B of the base. Rich is assigned to the 88th Security Forces Squadron and Arnal to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Wounded warrior returns

Col. Michael Stinson greets Senior Airman Tre Porfirio following Porfirio’s arrival Feb. 18, 2010 by a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 aeromedical evacuation aircraft at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Porfirio was shot three times in the back by an insurgent Nov. 21, 2009 while deployed with an Army unit in a remote part of Afghanistan. He returned to Wright-Patt for a heroe’s welcome following a ground-breaking surgery and 3-month recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Airman Porfirio is a communications technician with the 88th Communications Squadron. Col. Stinson is 88th Communications Group commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Combat injured Airman returns to heroe’s welcome

Senior Airman Tre Porfirio exits a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 aeromedical evacuation aircraft Feb. 18, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Porfirio was shot three times in the back by an insurgent Nov. 21, 2009 while deployed with an Army unit in a remote part of Afghanistan. He underwent a ground-breaking Thanksgiving Day surgery when doctors removed his damaged pancreas, harvested insulin-producing islet cells and infused them into his liver. He returned to Wright-Patt for a heroe’s welcome following a 3-month recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Airman Porfirio is a communications technician with the 88th Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Wright-Patterson staff sergeant, Williamsburg native, spearheads command post support in Southwest Asia

Staff Sgt. Tiffany Hipple, command post craftsman with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Command Post, talks over the radio in her operations area of the command post Feb. 3, 2010, at a non-disclosed location in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Hipple is deployed from Air Force Material Command's command center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and her hometown is Williamsburg, Va. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol/Released)

Medics earn Air Force-level recognition

Staff Sgt. Carmen Williams uses a blood sample to test a patient's liver functions Feb. 15, 2010 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Williams, deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was part of the her home unit's Air Force Medical Service Award winning Category I Laboratory Team of the Year. She is with the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley/Released)

Simulator provides realistic training for medics

Operating in the dim red glow simulating the back of a C-130 in flight, Capt. Derek Brumley checks equipment monitoring a critical care “patient.” Capt. Brumley, a native of Barstow, Calif., is a critical care nurse and an instructor for the Air Force’s Centers for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CSTARS) at University Hospital Cincinnati, which trains Air Force critical care air transport team members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

CSTARS flight watch

Master Sgt. Angelique Boshonek, Sharon Walsh-Hart and Dan Donegan operate the human patient simulator from a control room at University Hospital Cincinnati. The facility provides highly realistic training for critical care air transport teams and simulates an Air Force airlifter in flight. Master Sgt. Boshonek is a cardiopulmonary technician, Ms. Hart is a emergency room nurse and contract C-STARS simulation coordinator, and Mr. Donegan, director of simulation education. All are part of the Air Force’s Centers for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CSTARS) training cadre at University Hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

Standing ovation

Fans at Military Appreciation night at U.D. basketball game on February 10, 2010, give Air Force members from Wright-Patterson AFB a standing ovation for their dedicated service to their country as they chant USA. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

Staff Sgt. Shauna Wilson

Chief Master Sgt. John Hoffman greets Staff Sgt. Shauna Wilson and her guest Stephanie Shaw, at mid-court during half time at the U.D. basketball game on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

Chief Master Sgt. John Hoffman

Chief Master Sgt. John Hoffman, 88th Air Base Wing command chief, pose with U.D. mascot Rudy at Military Appreciation night at U.D. basketball game on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

Staff Sgt. Terra Mason

Air Force Band of Flight singer Staff Sgt. Terra Mason sings the National Anthem as the base Honor Guard presents the Colors at the at Military Appreciation night at U.D. basketball game on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

Lt. Col. Michael Knipper

Lieutenant Col. Michael Knipper (left) introduces his family to U.D. Basketball Coach Brian Gregory (center) at the pre-game social before the basketball game against Charlotte on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

U.D. baketball coach

University of Dayton Basketball Coach Brian Gregory (center) talks to Col. Brad Spacy (right) 88th Air Base Wing commander and Army Lt. Col. Charles Schretzman, professor of military science at U.D. before the basketball game against Charlotte on February 10, 2010. (U.S. photo by Ben Strasser).

ASC commander meets Brooks City-Base team

Lt. Gen. Thomas Owen (center), is briefed on the latest use of the Brooks City-Base hyperbaric chamber to study traumatic brain injuries, by Col. James Weissmann, chief of the Aerospace Medicine Education Division with the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, and Col. Charles Fisher, USAFSAM commander. General Owen is Aeronautical System Center commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe N. Wiggins)

ASC commander meets Brooks team

Lt. Gen. Thomas Owen is briefed by Wayne Isdahl from the 711th Human Performance Wing at Brooks City-Base, Texas, on capabilities of the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine centrifuge, as the general sits in the centrifuge's gondola. The centrifuge is used to train pilots and aircrew members of the effects of high g-forces on the human body and how to handle those forces. General Owen is Aeronautical System Center commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe N. Wiggins)