• Air Force IT Conference returns … with addition of ‘cyberpower’

    The Air Force Information Technology Conference held annually in Montgomery, Alabama, but cancelled in 2012 and following years due to budget constraints is returning to the capital city in 2016 as the rebranded Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Conference.The AFITC Conference will be

  • Spirit of volunteerism shines in AFRL engineer

    Cultivating an early interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics--or STEM disciplines--is an important part in developing the next generation of scientists and engineers.  Dr. Augustine Urbas of the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate has recently been honored as

  • 88th Security Forces Armory keeps Defenders armed and ready

    Security forces are the first line of defense when it comes to protecting the base. However, a defender would have trouble defending it without their weapons. That's the mission of the 88th Security Forces Squadron armory.The armory is responsible for storing, arming and disarming, and the

  • Deputy SecDef invites students to experience the "cool stuff" that DOD does

    Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work and Stephen Welby, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base March 3 to encourage students from the Dayton City School District to consider a government career in science, saying it was a way to make a

  • Read Across America Day declared by White House

    Is Horton just an fictional elephant in a children's book?Teachers, parents, children and others involved in education are fully aware that the month of March is for readers.  It's celebrated in classrooms across the United States and for years, March has been called Read Across America Month. While

  • AFRL scientist receives award from prestigious research society

    Dr. Timothy White of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory was recently named a recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Young Investigator Award of the Materials Research Society. This award recognizes exceptional, interdisciplinary scientific work in the field

  • Solar energy project completed on AFLCMC leased property

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has spearheaded an effort to generate alternative energy for the southern California market and generate revenue for Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, through a unique Enhanced Use Lease agreement with NRG Solar Oasis LLC. The project was jointly

  • Breastfeeding in the military

    Robyn Roche-Paull, author of Breastfeeding in Combat Boots: A Survival Guide to Successful Breastfeeding While Serving in the Military, will give a presentation on breastfeeding in the military March 10 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.The presentation will be held in the auditorium (basement) of Wright