• AFMC officials share civilian pay update after shutdown

    Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Financial Management officials outlined Oct. 8 the pay and entitlement discrepancies civilian employees should anticipate on upcoming paychecks due to the recent government shutdown.The following listing distinguishes civilian categories and what employees

  • Project brings material capability back to United States

    Air Force Research Laboratory engineers, in partnership with industry, reestablished a domestic manufacturing capability for primary (high-purity) beryllium metal. Manufactured at a new reduction plant in Elmore, Ohio, beryllium is a critical component in several Department of Defense

  • One of AFRL’s chief scientists achieves honor

    Dr. Barry Farmer, chief scientist since 2002 of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has been selected as a member of the 2013 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society.Farmer was inducted during the ACS national meeting

  • Wright-Patt implements Government Shutdown

    With the absence of an approved appropriation, organizations across Wright-Patterson began the process for an orderly shutdown Tuesday morning. After reporting to work and receiving official notification, some 8,700 civilian employees returned home to wait until an appropriation to fund the

  • Aerospace Physiologist Achieves Air Force Research Laboratory Fellow Status

    Dr. Thomas Morgan of the 711th Human Performance Wing's Human Performance Integration Directorate has been selected as a 2013 Fellow of Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He, along with six others, will be honored by the Laboratory at an induction ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on

  • 17th Air Force Marathon kicked off at Wright-Patt

    On a rainy last day of summer in a sold out event hosted by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, runners from across the country and from around the world competed in the 2013 U.S. Air Force Marathon, Sept. 21. Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander welcomed runners and

  • KC-46 progress hinges on requirements, funding stability

    On September 17, an Air Force official announced that production has started on KC-46 flight test aircraft. The high-priority program is charged with delivering 18 combat-ready KC-46 aircraft by 2017, and will eventually replace about a third of the KC-135 Stratotanker fleet.In a presentation at the

  • Air Force Support for a Metamaterial Future

    Metamaterials have been in the news lately--and not only in technical journals. That is because the attributes of metamaterials are seemingly magical. When arranged just so, these extremely small manmade elements can alter the character of electromagnetic radiation in ways that no other

  • Air Force small wind research improves resiliency, reduces fossil fuels demand

    Red Flag Alaska Operations, a 10-day air combat training, held at Eielson Air Force Base use remote shelters to control and monitor the exercises. The unmanned tactical shelters use generators that require fuel to be flown by helicopter semi-annually, in September and March. To help reduce costs and