• AFIT celebrates Engineers' Week with local students

    The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) celebrated National Engineers Week with a series of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) outreach demonstrations for more than 300 students from the Dayton and Cincinnati areas. Schools participating included Roger Bacon High School, Greenon

  • Bio-sensing gives new meaning to 'breaking a sweat'

    Your sweat is more valuable than you think, and now it can be stored, then analyzed by smartphone to give you a clear picture of the state of your body--all with a sensor that looks and wears like a high-tech Band-Aid.The Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, Signature

  • AFRL shape-changing materials make form a function

    AFRL research is shaping the future of aerospace. Through research into soft materials called liquid crystal elastomers, AFRL scientists have developed a method to locally program the mechanical response in polymer sheets without the use of actuators and traditional mechanical parts.  This research

  • Daily Burn: Air Force Marathon one of the "Best 15 Fall Marathons"

    The Air Force Marathon has been named one of the "15 Best Fall Marathons in the U.S." by the popular fitness web site, Daily Burn. The site lists a relatively flat course, flyovers and historical aviation sites as reasons for the honor.  This is the second year in a row the race has received this

  • AFMC to honor excellence at awards banquet

    Air Force Materiel Command will recognize its most outstanding performers at the AFMC Annual Excellence Awards banquet Mar. 11, 2015.Nominees in the categories of airman, NCO, senior NCO, first sergeant, company grade officer, field grade officer and civilian of the year will compete from each of

  • Center commander holds all-calls

    The commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center held four different all-calls at locations throughout Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Feb. 9 and 10 to outline objectives, recognize achievements, and encourage Airmen to watch out for one another.Lt. Gen. John Thompson spoke about the

  • FIRST LEGO League contest draws 50 teams

    Motors buzzed as miniature, hand-built robots propelled themselves across a mapped playing field while young future scientists and engineers tested their mettle during the FIRST LEGO League Ohio State Championship tournament Feb. 7-8 at the Ervin J. Nutter Center on the campus of Wright State

  • Base's Fire Department gains Safe Site recognition

    An organization at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base seeking to achieve status with the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), as conferred by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), is one step closer in the application process, as the base fire department, 788th Civil Engineer

  • Understanding 3 points of perspective helps support AF mission

    Throughout my 28-year career, I have seen many changes and served in a variety of roles at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. During the past 5½ years, I have served as the director of what began as the 88th Air Base Wing Civil Engineer Directorate and recently became the 88 Civil Engineering Group.As