• Advanced Tactical Laser Fires High-Power Laser in Flight

    Members of the 413th Flight Test Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., and contractor Boeing successfully fired the high-power laser aboard the Advanced Tactical Laser aircraft for the first time in flight. The combined effort was instrumental to the "first light" of the high power ATL. "This successful

  • Air Force Knowledge Now turns 10

    Randy Adkins, Knowledge Management Center of Excellence director, clearly recalls the Friday afternoon when the idea of Knowledge Now was first raised. Members of the AFMC staff discussed the possibility of a "lessons-learned" database and sent the idea to Mr. Adkins, who had been working on

  • Commander shows civic leaders a different side of the Air Force

    Col. Bradley D. Spacy, 88th Air Base Wing commander, hosted more than 25 local civic leaders on a tour of Lackland Air Force Base's 37th Training Wing May 7-8 to highlight the intensive training that goes into creating today's warrior Airmen. The civic leader group was comprised of a wide variety of

  • Group increases Wright-Patt footprint

    How do you move a mission across the country without the Airmen you support everyday feeling any impact? The 77th Aeronautical Systems Group is intent on doing just that. The decision to move the 77th from Brooks City-Base, San Antonio to Wright-Patterson was made by the 2005 Base Realignment and

  • AFMC announces staff moves, Owen to replace Hudson at ASC

    Air Force officials announced today that Major General Thomas J. Owen will become the next commander of Aeronautical Systems Center here, succeeding Lt. Gen. John "Jack" Hudson who is retiring. The change of command ceremony and General Hudson's retirement are set for August 14. General Owen is

  • Training system helps joint operators put bombs on target

    When Air Force acquisition program managers meet to discuss the impact of their programs, they frequently talk figuratively about the ability to "put bombs on target." But when managers of the Joint Terminal Control Training and Rehearsal System mention "bombs on target," they are being literal. The

  • AFMC announces, honors annual enlisted award winners

    A thunderous applause shattered the typically reverent silence at the National Museum of the United States Air Force April 9, as Air Force Materiel Command officials announced their top enlisted Airmen of 2008. More than 300 family members, friends, and wingmen gathered to show their support at the

  • Sensors complex to renovate, add laboratory space

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District office has awarded a $36 million contract to Butt Construction of Dayton to renovate and expand the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate complex located on Area B of Wright-Patterson AFB. The project will add approximately 91,000

  • Proposed range will provide training for EOD personnel

    Base officials are accepting public comment on the proposed construction and operation of a range to train Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel here. "It will be used for the proficiency training of EOD personnel and also for any emergency detonations of military munitions coming from communities

  • 711 HPW looking forward to first classes

    Fresh off the first anniversary of the unit's standup, the evolution of the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson continues with the announcement of the first classes here. The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine supports the Air Force with research, consultation, and academic