• USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Graduates Final Class from Brooks

    The USAF School of Aerospace Medicine graduated its final class of aeromedical evacuation crews at Brooks City-Base in San Antonio, TX, Jan. 29. The historic event drew a crowd of more than 300 people, many of whom had deep ties to the school. The graduating class of 28 Flight Nurses and 28

  • Air Force announces court-martial sentence for former command chief

    The week-long court-martial of Chief Master Sgt. William Gurney, the former command chief of Air Force Materiel Command, concluded today with a six-member panel of male officers sentencing the chief to 20 months confinement, reduction to rank of E-1 and a dishonorable discharge for 15 violations of

  • AFRL psychologist wins 2010 Harry G. Armstrong Scientific Excellence Award

    Dr. Mark Draper, senior research engineering psychologist with the Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Warfighter Interface Division, Supervisory Control Interfaces Branch, received the Harry G. Armstrong Scientific Excellence Award for 2010

  • My educational journey: From foster care to the forefront

    Growing up in foster homes left me with few educational opportunities and options. Struggling to find work, I enlisted in the Air Force in Feb. 1996 and began my career at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.I was eager to learn and get in school, but I found that many noncommissioned officers said,

  • AFRL commander nominated for third star, new command

    Pentagon officials announced Thursday, Jan. 20 that Maj. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory here, has been nominated to the Senate for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air

  • WPAFB to conduct quarterly exercise

    Officials with the 88th Air Base Wing will conduct a quarterly exercise here Jan. 31 - Feb 4.Many base operations and services will continue as scheduled with minimal disruptions, however personnel should expect tightened security and plan ahead for possible delays at gates and throughout the

  • Initiative strives to boost number of CCAF graduates

    In an attempt to increase the number of Community College of the Air Force graduates on Air Force Materiel Command bases, command officials rolled out a plan entitled "Year of the Community College of the Air Force" Jan. 1, 2011.Gen. Donald Hoffman, AFMC commander, addressed the importance of the

  • Wright-Patt readies to automate base entry control

    Drivers pulling up at base gates will have something new to greet them in the not-too-distant future. It's a new security technology called the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS. The most visible part of DBIDS is a handheld scanner. Gate guards will use the scanners to read bar codes