• AFRL partners with entrepreneurs to light the way for the warfighter

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Nearly everyone has used a common glow stick to light up the night sky, or even as part of a highway emergency kit. But these handy devices are also useful in the battlefield, and AFRL researchers have discovered a way to make this useful tool even

  • AFLCMC recognizes top engineers at annual awards ceremony

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Engineering Directorate held its 2017 Annual Engineering Awards Ceremony Feb. 15, at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, with other AFLCMC organizations across the country connected by video

  • Jeff Galloway to be Air Force Marathon featured speaker

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – American Olympian and author Jeff Galloway is scheduled to be the guest speaker for the 22nd Air Force Marathon.The Air Force Marathon is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2018 at Wright-Patterson AFB."We are thrilled to have Jeff as our guest for this year’s race,"

  • Air Force highlights actions already taken to protect water supply

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – Base officials today provided the Dayton city manager today a list of actions taken by the Air Force to identify, respond to and prevent drinking water contamination linked to past firefighting activities on Wright-Patterson.“As both the Ohio EPA and City of Dayton have

  • AFIT hosts local students during Engineers Week

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Students from nine local middle and high schools filled the hallways at the Air Force Institute of Technology here Feb. 21-22 as they explored various career paths and opportunities the Air Force has to offer in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and

  • AFLCMC office serves as the "eBay" of FMS

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Looking for spare parts for that F-16, F-15, C-130, KC-135 and the variety of other aircraft in your inventory? If so, and if you are one of the 109 foreign military partner nations that the Air Force supports, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

  • AFRL senior scientist receives society’s highest honor

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A distinguished senior scientist from the Air Force Research Laboratory will receive The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Fellow Award. Dr. Daniel Miracle, a senior scientist in AFRL’s, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, will receive this

  • Airmen code for combat in Cambridge

    Kroger’s team is working with a company called Pivotal Labs, which provides people and space to teach Airmen how to code like the workers in Silicon Valley, but for the Department of Defense. Open workspaces found in Cambridge contrast with traditional government workspaces on base with closed

  • Unseen threads run through historic career

    A background which includes threads of both typical and atypical events, led to the appointment of Col. Robert Marks, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Surgeon, as the first male Nurse Corps general officer, as well as the first male chief nurse of the Air Force Nurse Corps.

  • CAATT to support reopening of Iraqi Air Force Air Academy

    In support of the Government of Iraq’s reopening of the Iraqi Air Force Air Academy at Balad Air Base, Feb 21, 2018, the Coalition Aviation Advisory and Training Team will provide mentorship on topics ranging from aviation safety and flight discipline, to officer professional development and