Consolidated Hobby Complex woodshop provides custom products by woodworkers, do-it-yourselfers

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The woodshop, located in the Consolidated Hobby Complex at Bldg. 1227 in the Kittyhawk area, provides engraving, sublimation (heat on metal), shadow boxes, flag cases, coin displays and original custom-built works, such as shadow box coffee tables and model

Air Force Marathon registration to open Jan. 2

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE – If you missed registering for the sold-out 2016 Air Force Marathon, mark Jan. 2 (at 9:00 a.m.) on your calendar. That’s when registration will begin for the 2017 event.  Registration will open with special New Year’s resolution discounts and participants who

AFRL sends care packages to deployed team members

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Twenty deployed Air Force Research Laboratory team members will have a bit of a brighter holiday season, thanks to some care packages recently sent to them from the Operations Support Office at AFRL Headquarters.Over $2,000 worth of goods – which included

USAFSAM instructors shine at annual competition

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Instructors at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine are not afraid of a little friendly competition. The school, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing, recently held its third annual SAM-Tastic

Base Weapons Safety Program supports mishap-free combat capability

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – On military installations like Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, explosives such as small arms ammunition, aircraft ordnance, flares and other such materials are a common part of the combat and force protection capability provided to commanders. With that

Wright-Patt meets Clean Air Act regulations, saves money with natural gas

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – To ensure Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s natural gas steam heat boilers are ready for the coming winter months, Bill Livesay, Boiler Plant supervisor, leads his team in bringing up the steam mains each October. The Environmental Protection Agency required

AFMC leaders share holiday message with workforce

Workshop assists with Air Force Technology Transfer patenting, commercialization

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado -- The Center for Technology Research and Commercialization recently partnered with TechLink to present a “Tech 2 Market Workshop” to the business community of Colorado Springs, Colorado.  This event featured two days of Innovation Discovery Events (IDEs) hosted by

Air Force technology poised to dramatically improve civilian emergency management operations

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Behind the scenes at a training exercise several years ago, researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) asked air combat commanders to outline their biggest challenges. By far, commanders expressed the most concern over confusion caused by large

AFLCMC stands up Open Architecture Management Office

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In an effort to promote adaptability, cyber resiliency and interoperability of Air Force weapons systems and subsystems, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base recently "stood up" the Open Architecture