• Centers for Disease Control Zika Health Advisory

      This is an official CDC HEALTH ADVISORY  Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network August 1, 2016, 1300 ET (1:00 PM ET) CDCHAN-00393 CDC Guidance for Travel and Testing of Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age for Zika Virus Infection Related to the Investigation for Local Mosquito-borne

  • Research students demonstrate high-tech achievements

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 711th Human Performance Wing’s Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory® held Demo Day July 29 at the Wright Brothers Institute’s Tec^Edge Innovation & Collaboration Center here.            The demonstrations featured science, technology,

  • AFLCMC brings 'home' six Air Force acquisition awards

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Airmen from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center were recently recognized with six of the prestigious Acquisition Excellence and Leadership awards for fiscal year 2015, in an announcement by Darlene Costello, the Air Force Service Acquisition

  • Transparent leadership: An old concept for modern times

    We’ve living in an age of hyper-connectivity. With sensors everywhere and supercomputers in our pockets, there’s a wealth of information available to everyone, whether it’s a review of a restaurant, an updated Air Force Instruction or the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow (African or

  • Facility helps base community enjoy nature while saving money

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Outdoor Recreation facility located in Building 95 Area A is the central point for equipment rental, such as bikes, mowers, power washers, bouncy houses, fishing poles, tents, lanterns, sleeping bags, cook stoves, kayaks,

  • Wright-Patt lab is first step in early detection of disease

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Fewer things in life could be scarier than a diagnosis of cancer or any other life threatening disease.  At the Wright-Patterson Medical Center the first line of defense and treatment is identifying that one actually has a disease, and that determination is

  • AFIT ACE program has gamer appeal

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A terrorist plot to cripple the Air Force Institute of Technology has been uncovered. The diabolical scheme calls for an enemy agent to access and hijack one of five space stations orbiting Earth and use it to breach AFIT security systems. The government is

  • USAF signs first-ever CRADA of its kind

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) has been signed between the Air Force and Textron AirLand, LLC, a Textron Inc. company of Wichita, Kansas.  Under this collaborative agreement, the United States Air Force Airworthiness Office will