• Wright-Patterson AFB receives Tree City USA Award

    On April 20, 2012, The Arbor Day Foundation recognized 37 southwest Ohio cities, villages, and townships as Tree City USA communities. One of those recipients was Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Accepting the Tree City award for the base was 88th Air Base Vice Wing Commander Col. Daniel Semsel.The

  • AFOSR Celebrates Earth Day

    This weekend as the nation celebrated Earth Day, and many reflected on a few things they could do to help the environment, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research did the same -- continuing to review the environmental impacts of its basic research portfolio.But this is not a once-a-year exercise

  • Cyber Operations: Assuring our Shared Missions

    In 2005, the Air Force added cyberspace to our mission statement as one of the warfighting domains where we fly, fight, and win. In 2009, 24th Air Force (24 AF) stood up as the Air Force's operational arm in the cyber domain. Then in 2010, United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) stood up at Fort

  • Air Force Marathon to host free training clinics

    Runners of all levels are invited to attend a free running clinic with the Air Force Marathon's chief medical consultant and two-time winner, Dr. Mark Cucuzzella.Cucuzzella's focus this year will be "Elements of an Efficient Runner - Experience Healthier and More Enjoyable Running". The clinics are

  • Wright-Patt evaluating need for VERA/VSIP third round

    In its continuing effort to meet the Defense Department requirement to maintain civilian manning at fiscal 2010 levels, the Air Force is offering a third round of Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment beginning May 1. Wright-Patterson is evaluating on a

  • MicroSatCom Terminal, Inventor Win Prestigious Tech Award

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate's X-Band MicroSatCom Terminal took home the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. This yearly award is one of the most prestigious in technology transfer. The honor brings great

  • AFRL Adviser, NRC Associate Win IEEE ICC Best Paper Award

    Air Force Research Laboratory adviser Dr. John Matyjas, and AFRL NRC Associate Dr. Weifeng Su, received the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) Best Paper Award for their work on "The Outage Probability and Optimum Power Assignment for Differential Amplify-and-Forward

  • Ergonomic Design Benefits Users of Large-Display Workstations

    Advances in computer and display technology and a dramatic shift in work responsibilities have rendered small, standard computer monitors inadequate because they no longer meet the demands of the workplace. There has been a great deal of work designing ergonomically friendly office furniture, but to

  • AFRL Addresses Urgent Need for Single Pass AirDrop Capability

    In response to urgent Air Force needs, a capability to conduct high-altitude airdrop operations without making two passes was developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory.The current airdrop process requires two passes by the aircraft before dropping supplies, putting the aircraft at risk. The

  • AFMC book commemorates command's 20th anniversary

    Air Force Materiel Command officials have released the command's limited-edition anniversary book, highlighting AFMC's 20 years of providing expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter.The release of this commemorative book, entitled 'Air Force Materiel Command: 20 Years of Warfighter Support,'