• Wright-Patt affected by reorg

    Lt. Gen. Tom Owen, Aeronautical Systems Center commander, held a Commander's Call early Thursday morning to address sweeping changes that will impact organizations across Wright-Patt.Military and civilians packed into Kenney Hall at the Air Force Institute of Technology and in conference rooms

  • Creating a bulletproof mindset

    Members from Team Wright-Patterson gathered inside AFIT's Kenney Hall to get a glimpse inside the mindset of Lt. Col. (Ret.) Dave Grossman, a former West Point Psychology Professor, Airborne Ranger infantry officer and paratrooper. Lt. Col. Grossman, director of the Warrior Science Group, an

  • AFMC restructures to cut overhead, make command more efficient

    Providing greater military capabilities, improving readiness and operating effectively in the current fiscal environment is the purpose of an Air Force Materiel Command-wide restructure announced by Air Force officials Nov. 2, 2011. AFMC will reduce the number of its centers from 12 to five. This

  • Air Force announces civilian workforce restructuring

    Air Force officials announced several adjustments to the civilian workforce Nov 2. In response to direction from the Secretary of Defense for the Department of Defense to stop civilian growth above fiscal year 2010 levels and the need to add 5900 positions against the Air Force's top priorities, the

  • Silver Star presented to Army SPC. Snow

    Military and government officials joined a crowd of more than 1,000 people to pay tribute to a fallen soldier as the Silver Star Award was posthumously presented to Army Specialist Jesse Adam Snow of the 101st Airborne Division at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force today.The Silver Star Award

  • Base exercise may cause delays

    Base employees and visitors may experience gate delays, temporary facility closures and interruptions to certain services related to quarterly emergency response exercises planned here the week of Oct. 31 - Nov. 4.Most base operations will continue as scheduled during this time with minimal

  • Air Force hosts noted physicist at anniversary celebration

    On Oct. 26, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Va., hosted a presentation by noted physicist Dr. Robert L. Byer from Stanford University. Dr. Byer's presentation was the first of several activities planned throughout the coming year as part of AFOSR's 60th anniversary

  • AFRL Director speaks at DESS

    The Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium was held on October 24th, at Wright State University Student Center. The annual DESS is sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and features 100's of technical presentations, from a broad range of engineering and science disciplines. The

  • Janice in Wonderland

    Red Ribbon Week promotes drug awareness and prevention, and the Department of Defense established this week in 1990 as a campaign to honor Enrique Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Agent who was murdered by drug traffickers in Mexico, 1985.Almost all of us know someone who's been drawn into the world of

  • CCR Team wins Government Information Security Leadership Award

    AFIT's Center for Cyberspace Research (CCR) Cyber 200/300 Professional Continuing Education Team received the ISC² 2011 U.S. Government Information Security Leadership Award (GISLA) for demonstrated leadership in advancing and improving the information security workforce.The Awards gala was hosted