• Marathon slots available through Air Force Enlisted Village

    The Air Force Enlisted Village is offering the only remaining full and half marathon slots in exchange for raising funds for the charity according to a news release.The Air Force Marathon, scheduled for September 17, sold out all its full and half marathon slots more than three weeks ago.  This

  • Scramjet Team Receives Aviation Week Excellence Award

    The X-51 Scramjet Engine Demonstrator (SED) WaveRider team was honored by Aviation Week at its Program Excellence Awards. The X-51 SED Team includes members of AFRL's Propulsion Directorate, Boeing Phantom Works, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. The team was recognized in the category of System Level

  • School of Aerospace Medicine Dean Achieves Prestigious Nursing Honor

    Colonel Karen Weis, dean of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing at the Academy's 37th Annual Meeting and Conference in Washington, D.C. Membership in the Academy is one of the most prestigious honors in the field of

  • Flexible Aerogel Materials Production Increased, Energy Savings to Follow

    Domestic manufacture of high-quality, low-cost aerogel-based blanket material is being expanded, thanks to a DPA Title III program that partners Aspen Aerogels with the Air Force Research Laboratory. Aerogel materials provide thermal and acoustic insulation, infrared signature reduction, and thermal

  • New Body Armor is Lighter, Cooler, Safer

    Air Force personnel are losing weight and gaining comfort thanks to new non-ceramic ballistic armor developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory. Working with Universal Technology Corporation and Armacel Armor Company, AFRL scientists developed armor that demonstrates protection against ammunition

  • Titanium Powder Plant gets Boost from Title III

    A team from the Air Force Research Laboratory and International Titanium Powder are expanding the domestic capacity to produce low-cost titanium powder. The Armstrong process employed is a unique, continuous process that produces metallic titanium powder directly from titanium ore. This project is

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo arrives

    After months of planning, rehearsing and setting-up, the seventh annual AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo has arrived. Tattoo is one of Southwest Ohio's largest summer celebrations and it all kicks off at 4 p.m. when the gates open to the grounds of the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The

  • Second hypersonic flight ends prematurely, brings new flight test data

    A second test of the X-51A Waverider flew Monday, June 13 in the Point Mugu Naval Air Test Range over the Pacific Ocean, bringing significant hypersonic research data in a less than successful flight test.The hypersonic aircraft was successfully boosted to just over Mach 5 and the scramjet engine

  • Wright-Patt awards $82.5 million SABER contract

    Base officials announced the simplified acquisition of base engineering requirements, often referred to as SABER, contract had been awarded to a joint venture of North Island and Centennial Construction (Central NICC, JV, LLC) of Falls Church, Va. The SABER contract is an