• Air Force Marathon half and 5K sell out

    The Air Force Marathon half marathon and 5K sold out last week.Several of the Air Force Marathon charity partners have half marathon slots available for interested runners. The full marathon is more than 80 percent full and organizers anticipate filling the rest of the slots within the next couple

  • Research Altitude Chamber arrives at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

    The first of four Research Altitude Chambers arrived April 25, 2013, at the 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW) for use at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). The hypobaric chambers will support the operational mission for USAFSAM, which includes human performance

  • AFOSR-funded research key to revolutionary 'green' spacecraft propellant

    In 2015, NASA, for the first time, will fly a space mission utilizing a radically different propellant -- one which has reduced toxicity and is environmentally benign.In 2015, NASA, for the first time, will fly a space mission utilizing a radically different propellant--one which has reduced

  • Air Force concludes successful roofing pre-proposal conference

    On Wednesday, 17 April 2013, the Enterprise Sourcing Group (ESG) hosted a Pre-Proposal Conference at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. As part of its planned $325M acquisition of roof replacement and repair for active duty Air Force facilities across the Contiguous U.S. (CONUS), the ESG invited

  • X-51A Waverider achieves history in final flight

    The final flight of the X-51A Waverider test program has accomplished a breakthrough in the development of flight reaching Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean on May 1 a little after 10 a.m. Pacific Time. "It was a full mission success," said Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager for the Air Force

  • AF awards KC-46A Aircrew Training System contract

    The Air Force today awarded a contract to FlightSafety Services Corporation, taking a major step forward in achieving the service's top acquisition priority - delivering a new aerial refueling capability to the warfighter. The contract, a Fixed Price Incentive Firm (FPIF) and Firm Fixed Price (FFP)

  • Eglin munitions unit creates ammo linker for AFSOC

    A new lighter, mobile 30mm ammo linker system is set for delivery to Air Force Special Operations Command units in May.The 89-pound apparatus that feeds 15 unattached 30mm rounds into MK-15 links via a crank system was created and designed by the Airmen of Eglin's Munitions Materiel Handling

  • Base to conduct quarterly exercise

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base officials will conduct quarterly exercises April 29-May 3. Several independent, simulated scenarios are planned, ranging from terrorist attacks utilizing a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agent; to a tornado; to mass casualties; to air piracy; and force

  • Base volunteers help build near-by Habitat for Humanity home

    Dayton Habitat for Humanity held a house dedication ceremony April 24 on State Street in Fairborn about one quarter mile from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Numerous volunteers who took part in the humanitarian project were on hand to see the newly constructed, four-bedroom house. Diane Graham,

  • AFIT wins annual Cost Conscious Culture Award

    The Department of Systems Engineering and Management (ENV) Team of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) won the Air University level C3 (Cost Conscious Culture) Team annual award by saving a total of $344,000 from January to December 2012