• Hydraulic Fluid Purification could soon be a DoD-wide program

    The Air Force is constantly looking for ways to support its war-fighting mission in a way that is cost effective and environmentally friendly while still providing maximum efficiency. Don Streeter, Environmental Engineer, Air Force Plant #4, USAF HFP P2 Project, has been a driving force to bring

  • Rare diseases may create invisible handicaps

    February 28 is designated as Rare Disease Day. The National Institute of Health classifies a rare or orphan disease as one with fewer than 200,000 cases in the country. This day is not one of celebration, but one of education. It is a day that would have gone by in a blink for me until I became one

  • USAFSAM closes one chapter and begins another

    The USAF School of Aerospace Medicine marked the end of an era on Feb. 17 by ceremonially decommissioning the Brooks-based school after 85 years in San Antonio, a final step in its transition to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Nearly 600 people including a host of active and retired general officers,

  • USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Graduates Final Class from Brooks

    The USAF School of Aerospace Medicine graduated its final class of aeromedical evacuation crews at Brooks City-Base in San Antonio, TX, Jan. 29. The historic event drew a crowd of more than 300 people, many of whom had deep ties to the school. The graduating class of 28 Flight Nurses and 28

  • My educational journey: From foster care to the forefront

    Growing up in foster homes left me with few educational opportunities and options. Struggling to find work, I enlisted in the Air Force in Feb. 1996 and began my career at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.I was eager to learn and get in school, but I found that many noncommissioned officers said,

  • Wright-Patt readies to automate base entry control

    Drivers pulling up at base gates will have something new to greet them in the not-too-distant future. It's a new security technology called the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS. The most visible part of DBIDS is a handheld scanner. Gate guards will use the scanners to read bar codes

  • ASC colonel confirmed for promotion to brigadier general

    A colonel with the Aeronautical Systems Center here is one of 40 across the Air Force confirmed by the Senate for appointment to the grade of brigadier general, officials announced Dec. 23. Col. Daryl J. Hauck is commander and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Surveillance and

  • Air Force accepting public comment on 445th Airlift Wing conversion to C-17

    The Air Force will accept comments through Jan. 3, 2011 on the Environmental Assessment for the 445th Airlift Wing conversion from C-5 Galaxy to C-17 Globemaster aircraft. The Air Force is proposing to issue a Finding of No Significant Impact/Finding of No Practicable Alternative (FONSI/FONPA) based

  • Dayton charter school students attend world's largest simulation event

    Two Dayton, Ohio high school students were afforded a rare opportunity to see some of the world's most advanced simulation technologies on display here Nov. 29 - Dec. 2 thanks to a partnership with the Air Force.Jonetta White and Chris Honious flew from Dayton to Orlando and participated in the