• Team helps keep KC-135 fleet viable and relevant

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – America’s longest serving tanker aircraft, the KC-135 celebrates its 62nd birthday this year marking a key milestone for an Air Force ‘workhorse’ that has seen action in every conflict since Vietnam and is the reason there’s no place in the world the Air Force can’t

  • BACN goes global after delivering CENTCOM comms for 9 years

    Making BACN a program of record is a way to formalize requirements and set up a predictable budget. The change happened officially March 30. For a system that has proved its value to warfighters for nearly a decade, becoming a POR means the program office here can bring better communications to any

  • Innovating compressor blade inspection

    Blade defects decrease engine efficiency and power, while increasing fuel burn (specific fuel consumption) and exhaust gas temperature (EGT) - resulting in higher maintenance costs, and decreased aircraft availability. Additionally, defective compressor blades can pose a safety threat if not

  • Tree planting planned on base to mark Arbor Day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 88th Civil Engineering Group will host an Arbor Day event with the National Park Service to plant trees at the Wright Memorial, May 4, starting at 10 a.m.“We are working on a long-term beautification and maintenance plan for the grounds of this historic

  • ‘Fastest Man on Earth’ started out as aeromedical researcher

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- After a run down a high speed test track aboard the Sonic Wind Rocket Sled 1 on Dec. 10, 1954, during which he reached a speed of 632 miles per, Col. John P. Stapp was dubbed the “Fastest Man on Earth.”The sled was stopped in 1.4 seconds, subjecting Stapp to

  • Vietnam War memories still fresh after 50 years for area veteran

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The passage of fifty years can dim recollections for many, but the events of Jan. 31, 1968, at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam, located northeast of the then-capitol, Saigon, remain clear in the memory of Col. (ret.) Fred Abrams.That day at Bien Hoa during the

  • Four Things to Know About Air Force Patent Attorneys

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Increased efforts to protect intellectual property while driving commercialization has scientists and engineers across the Air Force pushing harder to file patent applications and invention disclosures.   At the center of the action is the Intellectual

  • Travel the world for free; how to fly space available from Wright-Patt

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wouldn’t it be great to be able to fly around the world for free? Space available flying makes it possible, but it’s important to know the rules in order to have an enjoyable traveling experience.Space-A flying into and out of Wright-Patterson is pretty much

  • Air Force courts tech startups

    BOSTON-- An idea that sprang from the minds of four captains at Squadron Officer School led to 10 startup companies pitching their ideas to Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, April 20 here. The Techstars Autonomous Technology Accelerator for the Air Force Demo Day was packed with