• Dedication to high standards makes Master Sgt. two-time award winner

    "This is a team award", said Master Sgt. Mark Lyle. "Someone has to stand up front to accept the award, but without my outstanding team, there would be no award--I am blessed to have such a good support system, in both the 445th Airlift Wing and the 88th Air Base Wing". After competing against all

  • Wing Commander receives new assignment

    Col. Amanda W. Gladney, 88th Air Base Wing commander has been selected for a new assignment as Director of Communications for Special Operations Command Europe in Stuttgart, Germany. The 88th Air Base Wing Change of Command Ceremony is scheduled for July 17, 2012.Her successor will be Col. Cassie B.

  • Marathon slots available through charity partners

    Time is running out for runners still wanting to register for the sold-out Air Force Marathon.Through one of the Marathon's eight Charity Partners, slots for the full and half marathon are still available until July 13. "This is a great way to still get in the race and do something that gives back

  • New AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate takes shape

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate will officially take shape on July 1 as the newest research organization at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The new directorate combines the former AFRL Propulsion and Air Vehicles Directorates into one entity with a new approach for

  • AFIT holds graduation ceremony for engineering, management students

    Children waved and exclaimed either, "That's my daddy!" or "That's my mommy!" as 46 graduate students of the Air Force Institute of Technology gathered before family and friends June 14 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to receive their degrees. The graduation address was delivered by Maj. Gen.

  • WPAFB Master Sgt. recognized as the best of the best by AFA

    "There is a biblical quote that says "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and Master Sgt. Alan Braden does more than doing those things," said Dr. Sara Black, 88th Air Base Wing Force Development Flight chief and Sergeant Braden's supervisor. So it is no wonder he was awarded the 12

  • AFRL Takes Up the SWORD to Assist Warfighters and Pararescuers

    Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are transitioning to a new program to assist joint terminal air controllers (JTACs) and pararescue jumpers (PJs).For several years, AFRL's 711 HPW's Human Effectiveness Directorate enhanced technology for the Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided

  • Simulation Model Predicts Cultural Attitudes, Responses

    A wealth of behavioral research describes normative differences between individuals from different cultures. Researchers report qualitative and quantitative differences in such areas as cognition, interpersonal processes and belief structure; several researchers have developed taxonomies of cultural

  • AFRL Takes Aim at Turret Efficiency, Performance

    Air Force Research Laboratory researchers completed wind tunnel tests designed to investigate the performance of feedback flow control devices around aircraft turrets. One goal of this research is to improve the performance of high-energy lasers aboard aircraft.During the Feedback Flow Control

  • Sensors Provide Real-Time Data on Aircraft Component Fatigue

    AFRL researchers have completed a series of aircraft component fatigue tests in order to design a system to help operators and maintenance crews monitor the condition of an aircraft in real time.As part of the Rapid Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Designs for Structural Hot Spots program, AFRL