• AFRL Researcher wins Presidential Award for innovation, service

    Dr. Timothy Ombrello, a senior research aerospace engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Systems Directorate, has been selected to receive a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the United States government to young

  • Class gives Wright-Patt Dads tools for success

    In a small room in the basement of the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, current and soon-to-be fathers huddled together to learn tips on effective parenting during a Dads 101 class held Feb. 29.The class which is held four times a year and sponsored by the Family Advocacy office here, was developed

  • Tim and the Space Cadets visit Wright-Patt

    Children, along with their parents, rock-out to tunes from a popular children's music band at the Prairies Youth Center here Friday.Tim and the Space Cadets made their way to Dayton to perform live for Wright-Patt families right after group's front man, Tim Kubart, accepted a Grammy for "Best

  • AFIT's School of Systems and Logistics ties education to experience

    The Air Force Institute of Technology School of Systems and Logistics here is the Air Force's designated provider of acquisition and logistics professional continuing education with courses delivered to war fighters around the globe.The school, which is one of several schools in the institution, is

  • USO Community Center opens at Wright-Patt

    Active-duty military, Guard, Reservists and their families at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will have a new "home away from home" due to a significant project undertaken by the United Service Organization of Central and Southern Ohio (USO-CSO) at the base's former Community and Airmen Center,

  • Cyber Forum charts course for base IT professionals

    Wright-Patterson's Information Technology professionals met in what is called a Cyber Forum at the base theatre, February 11, to discuss IT issues that they and the base will have to face in the months and year to come.The forum is a group of presentations from 88th Communications Group IT

  • Hiring our Heroes

    The Hiring Our Heroes Military Spouse Program is scheduled for March 9-10 at the Hope Hotel. The two-day career development program includes a networking reception March 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. A hiring fair is planned for March 10 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Both events are free to attend for all military

  • Gallium alloys could be the future of radio frequency electronics

    Electronic circuits and antennas for integral Air Force systems and tasks could one day receive a boost in effectiveness, thanks to the research and development of Gallium Liquid Metal Alloys (GaLMAs) underway at the Air Force Research Laboratory.GaLMAs are composed of the liquid metal, gallium, and

  • Aerospace physiology key to AF missions

    From early ages, people have been fascinated with flight. Most watched Peter Pan as children and grew up with Top Gun, Star Trek and Star Wars. The Air Force offers qualified Airmen the ability to become pilots, pararescuers and other specialties within the flying career field through aerospace