• Detachment standardizes aeromedical qualification training for Total Force

    Airmen across the Air Force assigned to 31 aeromedical evacuation squadrons must complete vigorous training to provide life-saving in-transit care on fixed wing aircrafts.The 375th Air Mobility Wing’s newest Formal Training Unit, Detachment 4, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the

  • Airman links deployed operators to human performance experts

    Many scientists and engineers go directly from school to laboratories and do not get the opportunity to work side-by-side with customers who use the products they create.But for a behavioral scientist in the 711th Human Performance Wing here, that is not the case.Lt. Anthony Eastin, a behavioral

  • Battlefield Airmen use science to beat the heat

    Heat-related illness is a critical factor when personnel are operating in extreme temperatures. Dr. Reginald O'Hara and his exercise physiology research team at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are working to reduce that heat stress.

  • Air Force office takes packaging to the next level

    Transporting Air Force and Department of Defense assets like aircraft, munitions, parts, satellites, etc., isn't as simple as throwing them in a box and putting them in the mail. A considerable amount of time and effort is put into making sure the assets are packaged in a manner that keeps them safe

  • Focus Week registration open for courses being offered July 25-29

    Registration is now open for the third Focus Week of 2016, scheduled for July 25-29 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Registration will continue until the day before each course is held.Several classes are aimed at addressing supervisors' needs, said Marcia Sanders, 88 ABW

  • Car shows benefit Fisher Houses

    Donations from a series of three "Voss Hoss" car shows being held this summer are benefiting the Fisher Houses at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Voss Chevrolet, part of the Voss Auto Network, held its inaugural car show June 3, with the remaining shows scheduled for July 15 and Aug. 19 at its Loop

  • Global Hawk gets Innovative ISR Payload Adapter

    Using a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center partnering with Northrop Grumman and Air Combat Command has developed an innovative solution to the tricky problem of how to connect existing and future information gathering sensor capabilities, not

  • Non-Defense Military-type Aircraft Office Launches at WPAFB

    When preparing to buy a product it is common for the purchaser to seek an official statement or indication that something has been assessed by a recognized authority.  Most of us look on-line for a recognized independent ratings assessment when buying a washing machine or a new car.  Seeking a seal

  • Charlie Company Marines thrive on-base

    Most folks know the Air Force's sky blue flag waves over Wright-Patt, but, a scarlet flag with the gray and gold emblem of the United States Marines Corps flies at the base as well.The Military Police C (Charlie) Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, is a reserve Marine contingent stationed in

  • AFIT Model Shop is one-of-a-kind

    Who do you call when you need a sturdy satellite simulator designed to float simulated satellites on a cushion of air? Or maybe you need to cut a microscopic channel into an ultra-expensive composite material that cannot be touched by human hands? Perhaps a special design and construction destined