• USAFSAM pioneers radioactive sample testing technique

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Radioanalytical Laboratory at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here has revolutionized the way samples are dissolved to test for radioactive materials: by using automated fusion.The fusion technique is used to dissolve tough

  • Site Lead represents AFLCMC at Hill

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- With approximately 26,000 employees in more than 60 operating locations around the globe, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center – charged with the life cycle management of Air Force weapons systems from their inception to retirement – headquartered at

  • Tinker celebrates tanker’s history

    Members of Team Tinker were joined by mission support partners Oct. 7 to honor an Air Force icon. The KC-135 Stratotanker’s 60 years of service were recognized during a ceremony at Dock 5 ½ in Bldg. 3001. The KC-135’s actual anniversary coincides with the first flight on Aug. 31, 1956, so the fall

  • USAFSAM unveils portrait of former surgeon general

    Lt. Gen. (ret) Thomas W. Travis (left), who served as the 21st Surgeon General of the United States Air Force, and Lt. Gen. Mark A. Ediger, current Air Force Surgeon General, unveil a portrait of Travis to hang in the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine during a ceremony here Oct.

  • QF-4 mission nearly complete

    The QF-4 Aerial Target mission is winding down and two of the aircraft visited here Oct. 25 so that those who have supported F-4 Phantom IIs over the years could see them one last time.