• WPAFB Retiree Appreciation Day coming Oct. 28

    A former U.S. Navy aviator is slated to be one of the banner speakers during the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Retiree Appreciation Day on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at the Hope Hotel.Retired Commander Katherine O'Neil Tracy, who in 1981 was designated the Navy's 54th female aviator, is now deputy

  • DFAS Cleveland hosts seminar for military retirees and annuitants

    The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is hosting a U.S. Military Retiree and Annuitant Appreciation Day on Saturday, August 6, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event takes place in the Performing Arts Center at Avon Lake Public High School in Avon Lake, Ohio.Attendees will hear the latest

  • Wright-Patt response on Tornado Warning

    Wright-Patterson AFB employs highly-trained meteorologists who work around the clock providing weather forecasting support to the base's 24/7 operations, it's over 27,000 personnel, and several multi-million dollar aircraft. They are empowered to issue weather watches, warnings, and advisories

  • Additive Manufacturing System Laser-Precise with Aerospace Parts

    Researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T) developed a world-class hybrid laser deposition and machining system. The metal additive manufacturing system integrates laser deposition with machining processes to form a hybrid

  • Commercialization of Improved Optical Fiber Expands Capabilities

    An AFRL-managed Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program has developed a new kind of optical fiber that enables the commercialization of high-power, two-micron Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) sources. AdValue Photonics of Tucson, Ariz., developed the new fiber, which allows for the

  • AFIT students use talents to serve community

    A group of Engineering Management students from the Air Force Institute of Technology put their education to use on June 25 helping an elderly Dayton resident in need.First Lt. Zach Schiff designed the wheelchair ramp and collaborated with fellow project leader, Capt. Aaron Zorn, and other AFIT

  • CCR receives major grant to study health information initiative

    The Air Force Institute of Technology's Center for Cyberspace Research has received a major research grant to study ways to more effectively manage health information. The $4.1 million award from the TRICARE Management Activity to support MHS Cyberinfrastructure Services partnering with the Force

  • Boot Camp develops future cyber warriors

    Thirty-one Air Force ROTC Cadets and Navy ROTC Midshipmen are today fast on their way to becoming DoD's newest cyber warriors at the Air Force Institute of Technology. The future officers, already midway through the 8-week Advanced Course in Engineering Cyber Security Boot Camp, will be soon be

  • Air Force Marathon opens new transfer program

    For a limited time starting today, any Air Force Marathon, Half Marathon or 10K registered runner who is not able to participate in the September 17 event can transfer their entry to a non-registered runner through the marathon's new Transfer Program. The online transfer form is available at