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

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

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

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,

AFRL team nominated for prestigious Collier Trophy

The Air Force Research Laboratory's Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) Fighter Risk Reduction Program (FRRP) team has been recently honored with a nomination for the National Aeronautic Association's Robert J. Collier Trophy to recognize its successful development and flight test of an

C-130 Training Simulator arrives at Wright-Patt

Air Force accepts delivery of last Predator

The U.S. Air Force accepted MQ-1 Predator tail number 268, the last manufactured for the service, in a ceremony Mar. 3 at General Atomics' Gray Butte Aeronautical Systems' Flight Ops Facility.Col. James Beissner, Air Combat Command's Chief Irregular Warfare Division, accepted the aircraft on behalf

Hydraulic Fluid Purification could soon be a DoD-wide program

The Air Force is constantly looking for ways to support its war-fighting mission in a way that is cost effective and environmentally friendly while still providing maximum efficiency. Don Streeter, Environmental Engineer, Air Force Plant #4, USAF HFP P2 Project, has been a driving force to bring

Rare diseases may create invisible handicaps

February 28 is designated as Rare Disease Day. The National Institute of Health classifies a rare or orphan disease as one with fewer than 200,000 cases in the country. This day is not one of celebration, but one of education. It is a day that would have gone by in a blink for me until I became one

New Measurement Into Biological Polymer Networks

The development of a new measurement technology under a research project funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation is probing the structure of composite and biological materials."Our results have provided some of the first microscopic insights into a