• NASIC commander selected for promotion to brigadier general

    National Air and Space Intelligence Center commander Col. D. Scott George was nominated for promotion to brigadier general by President Obama March 15. Col. George was one of 29 officers identified from across the Air Force as brigadier general selects.  The nomination next goes before the Senate

  • Wright-Patt Reserve unit to receive C-17s

    The Air Force Reserve Command announced today it will replace 10 C-5  Galaxy aircraft with eight C-17s at the 445th Airlift Wing here.The decision, approved by the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force fulfills the plan for retirement of the 445th Airlift Wing's aging C-5A aircraft and

  • International brass sensation to perform with Band of Flight

    Mnozil Brass will perform as guest artists with the U.S. Air Force Band of Flight for a public concert inside the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force's Modern Flight Gallery Saturday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m.This concert is part of the Vienna, Austria group's first U.S. tour that will take them from

  • Air Force Uniform Office Planning for Future

    The Air Force Uniform Office here is developing a seven year strategic plan, which will be used to provide the Air Force Uniform Board (AFUB) vital uniform technology information to assist in making decisions on allocating limited resources to pursue the AF Uniform Board's priorities.Priorities for

  • Base design teams win Air Force awards

    Wright Patterson Air Force Base came up a big winner of the recently announced Air Force 2010 Design Awards. The design teams from the base earned one Honor Award, two Merit Awards and three Citation Awards. "Winning an Air Force Design Award is always a time of great satisfaction for a job well

  • Trip to war region heightens AFMC commander's resolve

    The commander of Air Force Materiel Command returned recently from a trip to Iraq and other sites in the region with an amped-up sense of responsibility to deployed Airmen who depend on his command for the supplies, parts and maintenance to get their jobs done.General Donald Hoffman had a simple

  • Facilities making their mark

    A signature is your own mark. It serves to identify who you are. A facility electrical signature works in the very same way. It's the electrical usage of a facility over a time span which can be measured by minutes, hours, days, weeks and even longer. Such signatures can help save the base energy,

  • New Facility a Positive for Positron Spectroscopy Advances

    Air Force Research Laboratory researchers at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, demonstrated initial operational capability of a positron spectroscopy lab that promises to shed light on atomic and nanoscale flaws existing in energetic materials, which are critical constituents of insensitive munitions.

  • Eco-Energy Possible Thanks to Thermoelectric Effects

    Air Force Research Laboratory and the National Science Foundation are together funding research that may yield the first-ever military turbine aircraft able to produce its own eco-electricity via environmentally friendly and inexpensive thermoelectric nanotechnology. Dr. Daryoosh Vashaee and his

  • Additive Manufacturing Promises Engine Cost and Weight Reductions

    Work performed as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory-managed Metals Affordability Initiative demonstrated the value of superalloy additive manufacturing in reducing jet engine cost and weight. The use of laser powder deposition and electron-beam wire deposition enabled layer-by-layer deposit