• IDEA Lab Director and Retired SES Will Discuss Innovation

    The next 711 Human Performance Wing Chief Scientist's Guest Lecture Series presentation will take place on 26 June from 1000 to 1130 in the Auditorium of Building 441, Area B. This Guest Lecture will focus on innovation in AFRL and will feature Dr. Robert (Bart) Barthelemy.In this installment of the

  • Airman escapes from Liberia to lead life of service in U.S. Air Force

    A group of five certified Master Resilience Trainers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is training assistants so resilience courses may be offered across the installation. The training is being incorporated into Professional Military Education, Airmen Leadership School (ALS), Wingman Day and

  • AFMC executive director to retire after 35 years of service

    After a 35-year career that began as a flight test engineer at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Dr. Steve Butler will retire from his post as Air Force Materiel Command's executive director June 28 and return once more to Fort Walton Beach."I will enjoy spending time with my family in Florida," Butler

  • Fleet grows, training increases for F-35

    The largest fleet of F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighters grew to 25 aircraft as the F-35 Integrated Training Center here welcomed two new Air Force F-35A variants of the multi-role fighter to the Emerald Coast, June 5.The expansion gives the 58th Fighter Squadron the ability to fly an expanded

  • Branch working to ensure safety and security of warfighters

    The Life Cycle Management Center's Force Protection Branch awarded their largest Intrusion Detection System order to date May 24 to ensure warfighters working in harsh and dangerous environments are protected.The Air Force Central Command, or AFCENT, Fixed-Site Intrusion Detection System Delivery

  • Hanscom program finds savings while providing critical imagery

    A Hanscom-managed program that continually provides critical imagery to warfighters and first responders is also reducing costs.Eagle Vision consists of five deployable satellite downlink stations that collect, process and distribute commercial satellite imagery in near-real-time. The data not only

  • American Astronautical Society Honors Dr. Kim Luu with Fellows Designation

    Dr. Kim Luu, a senior scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory, was elected an American Astronautical Society Fellow for 2012. AAS Fellowships are awarded to members who have made significant scientific, engineering, academic and/or management contributions to astronautics and space.Dr. Luu,

  • AFRL Scientist Earns Defense Department's Top Civilian Service Award

    Dr. Boris Tomasic from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has been named a recipient of the 57th annual Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.This award is the highest honor given by the Secretary of Defense to career civilian personnel. Dr. Tomasic is principal/senior

  • AFRL Transitions Improved Avionics Hatch for Unmanned Aircraft

    The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is improving the maintainability and sustainability of aircraft components through the successful transition of an improved avionics hatch for use on the Orion Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA).AFRL researchers, in conjunction with Aurora Flight Sciences and