• AFIT graduated 228 master's and doctoral students

    The Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering and Management awarded 228 master's and doctorate degrees March 24 at the National Museum of the Air Force.This graduating class included 175 Air Force officers, three Air Force Non-Commissioned officers, 18 Army officers, two

  • Wright-Patt commemorates Vietnam War 50th Anniversary

    Thirty-eight veterans from around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, were honored March 16 during a Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony held at Air Force Materiel Command."This was a wonderful way to recognize all the veterans from the Vietnam era even if they didn't serve in the

  • Army special operations airborne soldiers hit the DZ at Wright-Patterson AFB

    The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base airfield at Area A was the scene of afternoon and nighttime joint-service paratroop drop training exercises March 19, the type of which haven't been conducted here for years.About 50 Army Reserve special operations soldiers from the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion

  • AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate seeks to turn waste into energy

    It may seem like a scene from Back to the Future, but AFRL is looking to turn fiction into reality with the Waste-to-Energy project demonstration.The AFRL Advanced Power Technology Office embarked on this $6.8 million Waste-to-Energy system demonstration at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to

  • Author addresses breastfeeding in the military

    Information about breastfeeding while on active duty was presented to active duty mothers, families and medical professionals by author Robyn Roche-Paull March 10 at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center."Support for active duty mothers who are breastfeeding is a quality of life issue that impacts

  • AFMC strategic plan to help carry Air Force to Third Offset

    Agility and innovation are cornerstones of a new Air Force Materiel Command strategic plan that will deliver war-winning capabilities. Those capabilities will propel the Air Force as a key element of the future national defense strategy known as the Third Offset.The first "offset" came in the 1950s

  • AFOSR international collaboration effort gets results

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's basic research directorate, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) hosted the International Basic Research Infrastructure Meeting from Nov 12-13, 2015 at the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C.  This effort was made possible with the support and

  • Active duty Airman advocates for inclusive playground, community

    The Properties of Wright Field will soon have a new playground--an inclusive playground--thanks to the advocacy efforts of Tech. Sgt. Amanda Golembiewski, a Public Health apprentice with the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.Golembiewski, founder of the non-profit organization