• Education Partnership Agreement fosters STEM collaboration

    A recently signed Education Partnership Agreement between Hanscom and the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District clears the way for new science, technology, engineering and math-based educational collaboration opportunities. The three-year agreement enables the Air Force Life Cycle

  • Medical Airmen recognized as 2018 Heroes of Military Medicine

    On May 3, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine recognized four distinguished medical Airmen for their dedication to our nation’s service members at the 2018 Heroes of Military Medicine Awards held in Washington, D.C.

  • Smart automation, AI to accelerate materials discovery, innovation

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – To meet the demands of the ever-increasing pace of technological development in order to create the next generation of Air Force technology, researchers are challenged to find ways to shrink the timeline for materials discovery, development and

  • Down to one, Hanscom employee waits for a kidney

    Though any available option could grant him healthy years, he’s hoping for a donation from a living organ donor, because they last longer than cadaver kidneys harvested from deceased organ donors.

  • 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