• Retiree Appreciation Day event set for Oct. 30

    The 2015 Retiree Appreciation Day is scheduled to take place at the Hope Hotel on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 a.m.The free event is organized by the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Retiree Activities Program Office, is open to all branches of the military and will include information on a variety of

  • Pegasus Drogue, Hose and Boom systems deployed

    The KC-46A Pegasus notched another success this week when the systems at the heart of aerial refueling were demonstrated on EMD-2 with the deployment of both drogue systems and the boom.On Thursday, EMD-2 successfully extended the drogue refueling baskets from both the Centerline Drogue System,

  • Air Force testers cleared for Pegasus

    Now that Boeing has two aircraft - one a 767-2C freighter and one a militarized KC-46A tanker - in the air, the program expects flight testing will really get off the ground. All told, the path forward is for flight testing to validate the aircraft meets performance requirements and achieves both

  • Wright-Patt Set to Observe Active Energy Action Month

    October as National Energy Action Month, provides an opportunity for Airmen to learn more about the impact of energy to the Air Force's mission.This year's theme, "Mission Assurance through Energy Assurance," puts the Airman at the center of the campaign.The goal is to inspire the total force to be

  • Boeing completes successful first flight of KC-46A Tanker

    KC-46A Pegasus Tanker (EMD-2) made history with its first flight today at 1:24 Pacific Time from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, landing 4 hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle."The KC-46A will provide critical refueling capacity and enhanced capabilities to the warfighter," said Secretary of

  • AFRL hosts Tech Warrior 2015 exercise; new technologies being tested

    The Air Force Research Laboratory is hosting a home station deployment exercise dubbed Tech Warrior 2015 from Sept. 8-17 at the National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) in Fairborn, Ohio. Exercise activities will be limited to the NCMR campus, known as Calamityville, and several training areas

  • Ricky Peters bids farewell to AFRL

    Mr. Ricky L. Peters, executive director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, retired September 3, drawing to a close 35 years of distinguished service to the United States Air Force.   Peters is a native of New Lebanon, Ohio, and in 1980, he began his Air Force career close to home in the Flight

  • The buzz is about saving the Wright Bee flyers

    For quite some time, there has been a decline in pollinators such as bees, birds, and other insects. This drop has caused some very real problems in the success of our agriculture and ecosystem. To help encourage the return of these important pollinators, President Obama issued a mandate to improve