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April 5, 2018
Airman’s project receives top honor for improving patient care

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Evidence-based practice is an approach to improve a process for patient care based on current data and practices. After observing a procedure the nurses and medical technicians provided patients at the 88th Medical Group, one Airman’s curiosity has earned her
April 4, 2018
Air Force looking to additive manufacturing to expand hypersonic flight capabilities

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. – The Air Force is testing materials produced through ceramic additive manufacturing to advance their potential future use in hypersonic flight vehicles. Scientists with the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate recently entered into a Cooperative
April 3, 2018
AFLCMC NDI goes digital on aircraft inspections: saves money, improves operations for Air Force

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center expects to save the Air Force money while protecting the environment and streamlining operations as they roll out their new nondestructive inspection process to inspect aircraft across the service. Computed radiography uses
April 3, 2018
WPAFB Educational Outreach Expands LEGACY

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Middle school, high school and college students near Eglin and Robins Air Force Base, as well as the United States Air Force Academy, will benefit from personalized, one-on-one training from leading professionals as Wright-Patt’s Educational Outreach office
April 2, 2018
Air Force awards contract to test device that may help prevent physiological symptoms in flight

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile Combat Support Directorate recently awarded a $195,000 contract to SPOTLIGHT Labs to test the company’s SPYDR device, designed to immediately alert T-6 aircrew of low oxygen in the bloodstream, which may allow
April 2, 2018
Feel better, function better with the ‘Spring Into Shape’ Challenge

Learn how to feel and function better with Air Force Materiel Command’s Spring into Shape physical activity challenge.
March 30, 2018
Dodgeball: an exercise in resiliency

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Air Base Wing Chapel community hosted a resiliency event under the guise of a dodgeball tournament March 16 at the Jarvis gym on Area A.Twelve teams of six to eight players from across Wright-Patt signed up to dodge-duck-dip-dive-and-dodge their way
March 30, 2018
Taking care of our own

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 2018 Air Force Assistance Fund annual fund raising drive officially kicked off March 26 with a breakfast event at the USO on Area A. The drive will run through May 4.The AFAF campaign is an annual, on-the-job fundraising appeal conducted by Air Force
March 29, 2018
Collins takes over as new PEO for Fighters and Bombers Directorate

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Brig. Gen. Heath Collins assumed leadership as the Program Executive Officer for the Fighters and Bombers Directorate within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, at a March 28 ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Collins replaces Brig. Gen.
March 29, 2018
Robotic wheelchair competition unleashes student creativity

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – AFRL researchers are looking to tap into the creativity of the next generation of researchers through a project that turns an ordinary motorized wheelchair into a robotic security guard.As part of the Robotic Sentry Challenge, the Materials and Manufacturing