• High performance sustainable buildings at Wright-Patterson

    October is Energy Action Month, a national campaign led by the Department of Energy, and this year’s theme is “Protect the Power.” There are numerous ways for airmen and installations to protect our critical power and one of them is through sustainable building design practices. Sustainability is

  • October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is recognizing National Disability Employment Awareness Month this October. NDEAM began as an effort to educate Americans about disability and employment in 1945 as “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.” The word

  • Senior leaders celebrate new enlisted promotees

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Col. Tom Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Arbona, 88th ABW command chief, co-hosted a ceremony at the Wright-Patt Club, Sept. 28, to recognize Team Wright-Patt’s newest enlisted promotees.  The ceremony

  • Local leaders, fire departments’ personnel gather for ‘Fire Ops 101’

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A first-of-its-kind training exercise held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Sept. 28 demonstrated what base and community fire personnel already know: their jobs are demanding, challenging and complex but rewarding. The event, “Fire Ops 101”, brought

  • Band of Flight gearing up for free concert with country artist Alexis Gomez

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The United States Air Force Band of Flight is busy rehearsing with country artist Alexis Gomez for an upcoming free concert at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Gomez, a graduate of Centerville High School and Wright State

  • SASE honors AFRL researchers with annual awards

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers holds an annual awards banquet to celebrate the successes of SASE members who enhance the scientific and engineering professions through contributions to the global business world, academia and local

  • U.S. Air Force Designates GO1 Hypersonic Flight Research Vehicle as X-60A

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force has designated the GOLauncher1 (GO1) hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A. The vehicle is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Aerospace Systems Directorate,

  • BES presents first mobile application prototype to SECAF

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. – An 11 member Mobile Application Development Team with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, recently developed its first organic mobile application prototype and presented it to the Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Heather Wilson,

  • New AFRL Materials and Manufacturing director is a familiar face

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – There is a new leader at the helm of the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, but he’s certainly no stranger.  Tim Sakulich was appointed to Senior Executive Service and installed as the director of the organization Oct. 1. A

  • AFRL researcher awarded for Harvard University collaboration

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Dr. Matthew Dickerson of the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was recently selected as a Laboratory University Collaboration Initiative fellow.Ten researchers from across the military service labs receive this award each