• 711 Human Performance Wing helps quadriplegic drive a car safely

    Human performance technologies developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory along with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., were on display here May 6 as quadriplegic Sam Schmidt drove a car. The test took place on the 7,500 foot runway just south of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

  • Richardson chosen as PEO for Tankers

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh announced April 21 that Brig. Gen. Duke Richardson was selected to become the Program Executive Officer for tankers, Tanker Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Richardson will succeed Maj. Gen. John Thompson,

  • Helping those souls that need soles

    In a quaint two-bedroom apartment, 2nd Lt. Coraviece Terry with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, offered up one of her bedrooms to store hundreds of donated pairs of shoes from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in support of the Soles4Souls Shoe Drive that various Airmen held at the base

  • Runner completes Boston Marathon while helping Girl Scouts

    If he had any reservations about running in the 2014 Boston Marathon, 1st Lt. Brandon Hough didn't share them. In fact, he said the terrorist attack of 2013 made him even more determined to compete in this year's race. "This year's marathon was definitely incredible. You could feel it in the air

  • CMSgt Losacco to become next AFLCMC command chief

    The senior leader announcement released April 24 named Chief Master Sgt. Doreen Losacco as the next command chief for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. She will succeed Chief Master Sgt. Max Grindstaff.One of five centers under Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC is the single center

  • Drinking water helps keep people young and old hydrated

    Base officials are pleased to report that Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's water is safe to drink and that drinking water systems meet all U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Ohio EPA health standards.The 2013 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base consumer confidence report is now available

  • Off-base construction may impact commute

    The segment of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's work force that commutes to and from the base via Colonel Glenn Highway may be affected by an upcoming construction project. Fairborn officials have scheduled a project along Colonel Glenn Highway -- from Paramount Place to University Drive --

  • Aerospace Systems' New Director Likes What He Sees at AFRL

    For C. Douglas Ebersole, coming to the Air Force Research Laboratory as director of the Aerospace Systems Directorate (AFRL/RQ) brought a seismic shift to his perspective.Ebersole, who came to AFRL after three and one-half years in Washington, D.C., as director of Engineering in the F-35 Joint

  • Devillier to succeed Barlow as commander

    Col. John Devillier will take command of the 88 Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during a change of command ceremony scheduled for July 17 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.He will succeed Col. Cassie Barlow, the current 88 ABW commander, who is retiring from the Air Force

  • AFRL Researcher Wins Medical Scholarship

    Lt. Peter Broughton of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory has been awarded a medical scholarship through the Air Force Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP). Each year the Air Force awards competitive scholarships to prospective military physicians in