• Counter-IED Branch receives top AFA award

    A team of Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Branch members from Hanscom will take center stage and receive one of the Air Force Association's top honors during the 2014 Air and Space Conference Award Ceremony in National Harbor, Md., Sept 15, 2014.The 12-member C-IED program office, a unit within

  • Memorial bench dedicated to brave 'combat cameras'

    Often the work of photographers and videographers flashes before our eyes for just a moment -- leaving just a fleeting image, a sound, an impression. But at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the work of military and combat camera service members now has a

  • AF to offer contracts to small businesses

    The Air Force is searching for innovative, technology-based small businesses to compete for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer, or SBIR and STTR, research and development contracts. "We're trying to foster innovative technology solutions for the warfighter and

  • Honor veterans by stepping up as a speaker

    I know it's still a couple of months until we celebrate Veterans Day but how I spent my last Veterans Day on active duty with the Air Force is worth sharing now. I've spent Veterans Day in many places. As a child, I was often at the local parade with my family. I've been to ceremonies while

  • AFIT alum selected for simulated mission to Mars

    An Air Force Institute of Technology alumnus recently was selected by NASA and the University of Hawaii as one of nine team members to participate in an upcoming simulated mission to Mars. Edward Fix, who earned a Master of Science in electrical engineering from AFIT, will participate in the Hawaii

  • AFOSI Tip Line available across multimedia spectrum

    To aid in reporting suspicious activity, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) has established a tip line for the Air Force to support the insider threat mission. The tip line is an anonymous reporting mechanism that allows people to advise law enforcement of illegal activities. It

  • Autonomous Aerial Vehicle competition lands in Dayton Convention Center

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate, in conjunction with the Dayton Development Coalition and Institute of Navigation, hosted the first Autonomous Aerial Vehicle competition at the 2014 Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems conference. The conference took place at the Dayton Convention

  • Wright Scholars experience first-hand research projects

    During the hot summer months of June, July and August, most high school students spend time relaxing at home, hanging out with friends or working at a local restaurant/ store. However, as a Wright Scholar, I, and other students who are passionate about future careers in STEM (science, technology,

  • Educational Outreach office coordinates range of programming

    Anyone reviewing the online "fact sheet" for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's Educational Outreach Office is likely to be impressed. The fact sheet says EO's mission is to facilitate partnerships within the kindergartenthrough-12th-grade educational community to increase student awareness and

  • Air Force Research Laboratory officer serves country, community

    For Capt. Chana Greene, an Air Force Research Laboratory scientist, the past eight years the Air Force has given her what she wanted: a job with meaning and purpose. "I was destined to be an engineer or a scientist as the daughter of a math teacher and nuclear engineer," Greene said. Greene arrived