• Softball game strengthens international relations

    Since 1984 the men and women of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation (AFSAC) Directorate and their assigned Foreign Liaison Officers (FLOs) have participated in a friendly game of softball. This year was no different. The annual AFSAC vs. FLO

  • AF Ball reservations are now available

    Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, will host the 2013 Air Force Ball slated for Sept. 11 at the Wright-Patt Club. Reservations are now available online. The theme for this year's Air Force Ball honors the 10th anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom and highlights the B-2

  • Navy launches first local F-35C sortie

    Sailors from U.S. Navy F-35 Strike Fighter Squadron-101 made history completing the first local flight in the F-35C Lightning II carrier variant Aug. 14, here.The F-35C, piloted by Lt. Cdr. Christopher Tabert, took off from Eglin shortly after 9 a.m. for about an hour flight. Satisfied with the

  • AFRL gives Barn Gang a 3-D look at Air Force's future

    A desktop printer that can produce a useable aircraft bracket? That's exactly what members of the Barn Gang learned about during a 3-D printing presentation in July at the Engineers Club of Dayton.Dr. Mary Kinsella, an Air Force Research Laboratory materials and manufacturing research engineer,

  • Air Force Research Laboratory changes commanders

    Maj. Gen. Thomas "Tom" Masiello took command of the organization dedicated to leading the discovery, development and integration of warfighting technologies for U.S. air, space and cyberspace forces during a change of command ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force July 29.Masiello

  • X-56A technology demonstrator achieves first flight

    AFRL, in conjunction with Lockheed Martin and NASA, recently took a major step in the development of active aircraft control technologies with the first flight on July 26 of the X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed flight demonstrator, at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB, Calif.

  • World's 14th-fastest supercomputer launches at WPAFB

    The 14th-fastest supercomputer in the world was officially launched July 22 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The $25 million SGI ICE X model supercomputer, named "Spirit" after the Air Force's B-2 advanced bomber for its power and ability to deliver, was unveiled at the Air Force Research