• Recycling the right answer for old electronics

    About 25 percent of the presents given each year are electronics, according to the Clean Air Counsel.  With the holiday gift giving season now over, the question is how to dispose of old electronic equipment? Throwing it in the trash only adds to another problem. Americans produce about 250 million

  • AFRL advisor honored for work promoting cooperation in alternative fuels

    When a national coalition of energy authorities established an award to recognize work in alternative fuels, it found the perfect honoree at the Air Force Research Laboratory, headquartered here at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. William E. Harrison III, a technical advisor with AFRL's Propulsion

  • Base to conduct controlled archery deer hunt

    Wright-Patt will hold a proficiency test/lottery drawing on Dec. 7 to identify participants for the controlled archery deer hunt.  Over the past few years the deer herd in the vicinity of the Twin Base Golf Course has been increasing, which has led to an increase in landscape damage to the course;

  • Modeling and Simulation Conference Kicks Off

    With the motto "Prepare the Force-Secure the Future", the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference 2011 formally got under way Nov 29th here.  The conference, which promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, industry, academia and various government agencies in pursuit

  • Data center consolidation reaches major milestone

    The lights were out and e-mail was down, but few people noticed these symptoms as a major power upgrade supporting Wright-Patt's network infrastructure occurred last week. The quiet operation was the result of months of delicate planning between the 88th Civil Engineer Directorate, the 88th

  • AFOSR Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Invited Speaker Sir John Pendry

    AFOSR-funded researcher, Sir John Pendry spoke to a crowd of over 200 at the Air Force Institute of Technology's (AFIT) Kenney Hall Auditorium Monday as part of AFIT's regular speaker series and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Pendry is well

  • Let's All Celebrate 'America Recycles Day'

    Did you know that every Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day? Initiated in 1997, this day is set aside to raise recycling awareness throughout the United States and to identify the benefits of making resources available to future generations. We live in a bountiful and beautiful country, but too often we

  • AFMC restructures to cut overhead, make command more efficient

    Providing greater military capabilities, improving readiness and operating effectively in the current fiscal environment is the purpose of an Air Force Materiel Command-wide restructure announced by Air Force officials Nov. 2, 2011. AFMC will reduce the number of its centers from 12 to five. This

  • Air Force announces civilian workforce restructuring

    Air Force officials announced several adjustments to the civilian workforce Nov 2. In response to direction from the Secretary of Defense for the Department of Defense to stop civilian growth above fiscal year 2010 levels and the need to add 5900 positions against the Air Force's top priorities, the

  • CCR Team wins Government Information Security Leadership Award

    AFIT's Center for Cyberspace Research (CCR) Cyber 200/300 Professional Continuing Education Team received the ISC² 2011 U.S. Government Information Security Leadership Award (GISLA) for demonstrated leadership in advancing and improving the information security workforce.The Awards gala was hosted