• AFMC, AFGE union officials reach labor agreement

    -- Senior leaders from the American Federation of Government Employees Council 214 and Air Force Materiel Command have completed negotiations on a new master labor agreement that will affect approximately 35,000 of the command's civilian employees.Scott Blanch, AFGE Council 214 president, and Gen.

  • AFMC to observe American Heart Month in February

    February is American Heart Month and a good time to educate ourselves on how to prevent heart disease. Cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, is the number one cause of death for men and women in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control, every 25 seconds an

  • The 88th Medical Group's Gateway to Healthcare III Project kicks off

    The 88th Medical Group's Gateway to Healthcare III Project kicked off on 23 January. This project will complete an 11 year total facility renovation. The Gateway to Healthcare III Project will renovate Wright-Patterson Medical Center to modern clinical and operational standards. The construction

  • Knighthoods for Nobel-winning Graphene Pioneers

    Two Nobel laureates funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), involved in the creation and isolation of graphene, a sheet of carbon just one atom thick, have received British knighthoods from the Queen of England. Professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, from the

  • Graphene: Impressive Capabilities on the Horizon

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), along with other funding agencies, helped a Rice University research team make graphene suitable for a variety of organic chemistry applications--especially the promise of advanced chemical sensors, nanoscale electronic circuits and metamaterials.

  • Wright-Patt volunteers a hit with local civic organization

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base received the President's Volunteer Service Award at the Habitat for Humanity volunteer celebration Jan. 19. The base was one of three organizations to take top group honors at the annual award event, held at the America's Packard Museum in downtown Dayton. Maj. Lee

  • Aero-Optics Beacon Corrects Turbulence Around Aircraft Platform

    In response to an Air Force need for a beacon to correct for the near-field turbulence around an aircraft platform, the Air Force Research worked with Passat Inc. through a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to develop a technology that would assist in this correction. Phase II SBIR