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March 23, 2011
Human Performance Wing helps develop standardized approach to space training

The Standard Space Trainer that recently debuted at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado is significant because it encompasses a standardized approach to training people to operate different and very complex space systems. The technology concept for the SST was developed by scientists and engineers
March 22, 2011
Senior leaders thank KC-46A source selection team

Department of Defense and Air Force senior leaders flew here from Washington March 21 to congratulate the team responsible for the source selection of the Air Force's top acquisition priority: the KC-46A tanker. Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley; Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition,
March 21, 2011
F-22 Raptor flown on synthetic biofuel

An F-22 Raptor successfully flew at supercruise March 18 on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina, a weed-like plant not used for food.The flight was the capstone of a series of ground and flight test events conducted by the 411th Flight Test
March 18, 2011
Bandtastic! concert coming April 2

The public is invited to the fifth annual Bandtastic! concert Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.The concert by the Air Force Band of Flight will showcase classic concert band literature and premiering fresh and new band works in the museum's Modern Flight
March 16, 2011
Modified X-51A Waverider ready for next hypersonic test

The Air Force currently plans to fly its second X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test demonstrator as early as March 22, program officials said March 15."We are proud of the first flight results, and at the same time we understand the inherent risk in a high-technology demonstrator like the X-51A.
March 15, 2011
Air Force Marathon seeks Volunteer Coordinators

The Air Force Marathon office is seeking applicants for the Volunteer Coordinators who will be instrumental in executing the historical 15th annual running event. "These positions serve as ambassadors of the 2011 Air Force Marathon," said Jeanette Monaghan, Staff Volunteer Coordinator. "They are
March 15, 2011
School of Aerospace Medicine personnel begin moving into new complex at Wright-Patterson AFB

The Air Force Research Laboratory took another major step toward the completion of the Base Realignment and Closure when it took possession of the Major General Harry G. Armstrong complex at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on March 1, 2011.The complex is composed of four buildings that will
March 11, 2011
AFOSR MURI Research in Microscale Heat Transfer Promises to Benefit Military Systems

A two-year-old Air Force Office of Scientific Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative effort involving the University of Michigan, Stanford University, Brown University, and the University of California at Santa Cruz is making great strides in achieving a fundamental understanding
March 11, 2011
C-130 training simulator makes its move to base

Now that the nearly 700,000-square-foot complex in Area B that will house the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing and their USAF School of Aerospace Medicine has been completed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, equipment is being moved in -- including the fi rst of two
March 10, 2011
Wright-Patterson R&D programs honored with Laureate Awards

Two Air Force Research Laboratory advanced research and development programs were honored in Washington March 8 with Aviation Week Laureate Awards.The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System and X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test vehicle teams were recognized "for their exploration,