• Air Force seeks to develop next generation aircraft paint booth

    Aircraft coatings are critical to the operational life of aircraft - enabling heat resistance and coating and corrosion protection. On the new F-35 Lightning II, coatings will require maintenance over the lifetime of the program to meet strict environmental controls and quality finishes. This can be

  • AFRL sponsors Ohio Regional Mini-Urban Challenge

    High school students from all over Ohio will battle it out using self-designed autonomous vehicles during the Mini-Urban Challenge April 11 at the McLin Gym at the Wright State University Nutter Center. The competition, sponsored by the United States Air Force Research Laboratory and the Doolittle

  • Annual NASIC dining out highlights center's legacy mission

    The National Air and Space Intelligence Center honored two World War II veterans during the center's annual formal dinner at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Friday, March 27.More than 350 people attended the traditional dinner, called a dining out, as a way to boost morale and esprit de

  • SecAF visits Wright-Patterson

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base March 26 to get a firsthand look at various missions and to deliver the commencement address at the Air Force Institute of Technology graduation. This was James' second visit to the base since she became the

  • Air Force Institute of Technology holds graduation ceremony

    The Air Force Institute of Technology held an awards and commencement ceremony March 26 for 211 master's and seven Ph.D. student degrees in 25 different research areas. Three graduating students received dual degrees. In addition to Air Force students, there were 26 U.S. Army, two U.S. Marine Corp

  • Peace officers raise funds for service dogs

    Active-duty and retired peace officers from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are going to the dogs to help fellow service members. The members of FOP Lodge 170 are donating funds to defray the cost of a service dog for one of the many service men and women who are still suffering from the conflicts

  • Stay safe while being social in cyber-space

    I'll admit it. I'm about as old-school as they come. Until recently I didn't know the difference between an Insta-tweet and Face-gram. And I'm still not sure I've got it all down pat. But as my kids get older and the family starts to spread out all over the place, I've come to the realization that

  • Lab developing bio-sensing capabilities

    Air Force researchers are discovering just how useful natural materials may be in developing biosensing capabilities for Air Force mission needs. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is conducting ground-breaking

  • AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate names new Chief Scientist

    The AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate announced the appointment of Dr. Timothy J. Bunning as Chief Scientist.  He will assume his duties April 5.Dr. Bunning joined the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in 1998 as a materials research engineer in the Hardened Materials Branch.