• Airmen Work on Ways to Stop Active Shooters

    More than 25 Airmen from four Air Force bases throughout Air Force Materiel Command, gathered at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Indiana, June 15 to 19 to demonstrate their new innovative ways to deal with an active shooter scenario as part of the 2015 AFRL Commanders Challenge.Each

  • Wing Debuts New Long-Distance Learning Opportunity

    The 711th Human Performance Wing's U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine launched the Medical Interagency Satellite Training (MIST) program recently to improve the amount and quality of training available to the healthcare community.MIST is a Veterans Health Administration and Department of

  • AFRL Bio-Signature Research May Save Firefighters' Lives

    Imagine facing down a raging fire, up close, with little or no time to save lives and protect property, hauling 75-pound hoses up multiple flights of stairs, carrying victims out, and repeatedly putting your life on the line. Then imagine doing it nearly every day.It's an extreme job, and it's just

  • Freedom's Call TATTOO Ready to Celebrate Base Community

    It's become a tradition at Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the last 10 years - the Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call TATTOO is slated for Friday, June 26.And although sequestration and the weather have impacted some of the event's festivities in recent years, Dave Egner, TATTOO director

  • Franklin Hoke selected as Outstanding Technology Transfer (T2) award winner

    Franklin Hoke Jr. was selected as Outstanding Technology Transfer (T2)Professional by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC).  Hoke was honoredfor his work in securing agreements enabling over $27M in technologydevelopment,  efforts in supporting cyber research and cyber tooldevelopment, efforts in

  • TATTOO to Feature Live Musical Entertainment

    Systems Go, McGuffey Lane, and country music singer Kestin Howard will be among the highlights of this year's Freedom's Call TATTOO slated for June 26 on the grounds of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.The Air Force Band of Flight's System Go is a popular music combo that will thrill the

  • AFRL Empowering Workforce with Human Capital Strategy

    At the Air Force Research Laboratory, the foundation of our success is firmly rooted with our people.  Our people are continually challenged to create ideas, innovate processes, push boundaries, and produce results - all in an effort to develop the revolutionary, relevant, and responsive

  • Hot Summer Calls for a Cool Pool

    The school year has recently finished and the pool at the Prairies is ready for swimmers.Lifeguards and office managers are on hand and ready for the public to cool off with a dip in the pool.The smaller portion of the pool is ideal for small children and is completely fenced in. The larger pool

  • Ohio firm mitigates threats posed by space debris

    When it comes to space, dozens of countries now have satellites circling the globe, which requires an eye on the skies due to the dangers posed by falling space debris. Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, over 39,000 man-made objects have been catalogued and many of these have already come down.The

  • Former flight nurse shares details of first Operation Babylift flight crash

    "I will never forget that day; it's as fresh to me right now as it was the day it happened."Those words jump started a 60-minute tale of what it was like to be the Air Force medical crew director - and survivor -- on the first Operation Babylift flight out of Vietnam that crashed about 14 minutes