• Reservists’ civilian experience proves vital to new aircraft programs

    When it comes to accomplishing the mission, it’s not uncommon for the civilian work experience of Citizen Airmen to play as vital of a role as their military experience. This is certainly the case for Lt. Col. Robert Latka and other Reservists supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at

  • KC-135 Block 45 Program Acquisition Innovation saves millions

    The KC-135 Block 45 program, a nomenclature for Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) is an avionics upgrade that has recently achieved tremendous success. The KC-135 program office crafted a contracting model to bolster small business participation which resulted

  • USAFSAM’s Public Health Report helps achieve surgeon general’s vision

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --The U.S. Air Force Surgeon General’s vision is that the Air Force Medical Service supported population is “the healthiest and highest performing segment of the United States by 2025.” The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine -- part of the Air

  • Base theater's movies show in high-resolution digital projection

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s theater, located in the Kittyhawk Area of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, offers new movies two to four weeks after their first release, all with high- resolution digital projection.   These movies are closed captioned

  • Center schedules America Recycle’s Day event Nov. 15

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- To celebrate America Recycles Day Nov. 15, the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Recycling Center, Bldg. 293, Area A, will host tours from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. America Recycles Day is a Keep America Beautiful initiative.“It can be very eye-opening to see what

  • Air Force Research Laboratory holds Maker Hub grand opening

    DAYTON, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Maker Hub held its grand opening on October 27, 2016 at the Wright Brothers Institute’s Tec^Edge facility in Dayton.  The Maker Hub allows researchers to take an idea, design and build a rapid prototype, then test it. The facility offers many

  • AFRL Maker Hub comes to the aid of flexible body armor effort

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  The AFRL Maker Hub, still in its infancy, is already proving to be a valuable asset for Materials and Manufacturing Directorate scientists and engineers looking to push the bounds of conventional research.Researchers from the AFRL Junior Force Warfighters