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Nov. 13, 2019
Educational institution celebrates centennial with aplomb

Alumni, special speakers, astronauts highlight AFIT’s evolutionWRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An institution headquartered here went all-out Nov. 7 to mark its 100 years of educating Airmen for meeting Air Force missions.The Air Force Institute of Technology celebrated its centennial with a
Nov. 13, 2019
AFRL, University of Dayton School of Law ink three-year Educational Partnership to provide patent training

DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton School of Law and the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have entered into a three-year educational partnership agreement for the School of Law to provide AFRL engineers and scientists legal training in the area of
Nov. 12, 2019
WPAFB Recycling Center’s open house to feature tours

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day and to highlight the date the Wright-Patterson AFB Recycling Center is holding an open house from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.Recycling has greatly reduced the amount of trash landfilled on a daily basis. Recent data shows that materials
Nov. 7, 2019
AFRL collaboration yields testing capability for additive manufactured heat exchangers

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – AFRL is turning up the heat! A state-of-the-art Air Force Research Laboratory testing capability for new additive manufactured heat exchangers (HX) is now up and running and is already providing AFRL’s Maturation of Advanced Manufacturing for Low-cost
Nov. 7, 2019
AFRL tests in-house, rapidly developed small engine

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory demonstrated a new and ultra-responsive approach to turbine engine development with the initial testing of the Responsive Open Source Engine (ROSE) on Nov. 6, 2019, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Aerospace Systems
Nov. 6, 2019
AFRL honors scientists and engineers for exceptional career achievements

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory will honor 21 scientists and engineers Nov. 13 for their outstanding career accomplishments during the laboratory’s 2019 Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards Banquet at the National Museum of the United
Nov. 6, 2019
AFLCMC team’s efforts lead to the creation of a joint French/German C-130 squadron

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Providing American allies with the aircraft they need to support their national sovereignty and defense is one of the missions of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center.In a first, AFLCMC recently delivered two C-130Js and the first of two KC-130Js to a
Nov. 5, 2019
Head of Air Combat Command tours AFRL

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – What kind of emerging, game-changing technologies are being developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory that are vital for meeting our warfighters’ needs?That’s what Gen. James M. “Mike” Holmes, head of Air Combat Command, wanted to know during a recent
Nov. 5, 2019
Aspiring Air Force pilots: Don’t let height standards get in the way

Those who aspire to one day become a U.S. Air Force aviator must first meet several requirements, including height, before they are considered for pilot training. For those who fall outside of the Air Force’s height requirements, height waivers are available.
Nov. 5, 2019
Air Force tests plasma reactor to degrade, destroy PFOS, PFOA

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Civilian researchers completed a two-week field demonstration here Sept. 25 using an innovative plasma technology to degrade and destroy perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid, known as PFOS and PFOA, in groundwater.This was the first field