• AFRL Small Business Office partners with industry to save on aircraft costs

    Backed by an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer award, New Hampshire-based Creare, LLC, made a significant leap in machining technology that could spur more widespread use of titanium in aircraft. While lighter and stronger than traditional aircraft

  • Maternal Child Care Flight welcomes moms and babies

    More than 40 tiny bundles of joy are delivered every month in the Maternal Child Care Flight, located within the Wright-Patterson Medical Center. The MCCF, formally known as the Family Birthing Center, is dedicated to aiding mothers and babies in the best possible delivery. It is the hospitals labor

  • Base Issues Drinking Water Advisory

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base officials are responding to a requirement from the Ohio EPA to provide alternate drinking water in Area A to pregnant and lactating women, and infants. This action is in response to the new lifetime health advisory for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) issued by the

  • Hilton takes command of USAFSAM

    Col. Alden Hilton took the reins of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine from Col. Christian Benjamin, who is retiring after 30 years of service, during a change of command ceremony May 20 at USAFSAM."USAFSAM is an extremely high-performing organization, and under Benjamin's

  • Interaction highlight of Innovation Exchange

    Hanscom subject matter experts and MITRE principal investigators came together on April 26 at an Innovation Exchange to learn about each other's work and opportunities for collaboration.In the crowded atrium of Building 1612, investigators spoke about and presented demonstrations on the independent

  • AFLCMC Keeps 'Em Flying

    America's oldest, most lethal, and versatile bomber, the B-52 Stratofortress recently began combat operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, marking another engagement in a long line of conflicts for an aircraft that has been flying since before the Vietnam War.The challenge for

  • AcqDemo team outlines planned activities related to transition

    In late May to mid-June, Air Force Materiel Command employees who will transition into the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) will receive information detailing their individual conversion into the new pay system. The AcqDemo transition effective

  • AFRL: Transforming technology, education and the economy

    Through sponsored programs in key locations, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is working to bolster the industrial base, create jobs and foster the next generation science and technology workforce by thrusting more of its technology into the mainstream.Student and business teams being

  • Uniform Office at Wright-Patt executes designs for entire Air Force

    When an Air Force service member gets dressed for his or her job, he or she dons apparel and equipment that were developed, produced, deployed, sustained and modified by a small group of fewer than 20 people working at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The Air Force Uniform Office (AFUO), Air Force