• Wright-Patt officer earns Raymond F. Longacre Award

    Col. (Doctor) Kent McDonald, chief, Neuropsychiatry Branch, Aerospace Medicine Consultation Division, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, 711 Human Performance Wing, here, recently was selected to receive the Raymond F. Longacre award. Established in memory of Marine Corps Maj. Raymond

  • Electronic Band Aid to measure body performance through sweat

    Creating "fuel gauges" for Airmen is the goal of a group of researchers at the 711 Human Performance Wing here at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Led by Dr. Josh Hagen, lead researcher, the group is developing bandage-like sensors that will analyze sweat to assess physical and cognitive performance.

  • 711 HPW Engineer Wins IEEE Award for Achievement in Bio-Engineering

    Lt. Col. David Sonntag of the 711th Human Performance Wing, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine has been awarded the 2014 Fritz J. Russ Award for Achievement in Bioengineering by the Dayton chapter of the Institute of Electronic and Electronics Engineers. The IEEE presents this award every

  • Beyond the microbes: AFRL, 2nd BW work together

    With more than 760 government vehicles used on Barksdale, ground fuel is an important but often forgotten element to maintaining the Air Force mission.Airmen with the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron and 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, who monitor and supply the fuel keeping Barksdale's

  • Air Force Marathon Seeking Lead Volunteers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Marathon is looking for motivated, hard-working volunteers to fill several lead volunteer positions for the 2014 event.Lead volunteers work in supervisory capacity at the Sports and Fitness Expo and on race day overseeing their specific area and

  • Exercise Physiologists to Conduct Studies with NBA All-Star Trainer

    Exercise physiologists from the 711th Human Performance Wing's Human Effectiveness Directorate's Applied Neuroscience Branch (711 HPW/RHCP) are in Miami, Florida this week to conduct a study with Ed Downs, an America Council of Exercise certified trainer who owns the Elite Athletes Performance

  • Air Force seeks small business to help develop new capabilities

    Air Force researchers and life cycle management experts plan to elevate collaboration with industry to a whole new level during a series of meetings here April 16-18.The Aero Enterprise Dialogue with Industry is an opportunity for industry to gain insight into Air Force technology needs and

  • Division Continuing Installation of Backup Oxygen System in F-22 Combat Fleet

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's F-22 Division is on-track to complete installation of the Automatic Back-up Oxygen System (ABOS) in the Air Force's F-22 Raptor combat fleet by December 2014.In January 2012, following a series of incidents in which a number of F-22 pilots experienced