• Dr. Donald Paul Honored As Distinguished Senior Professional

    Dr. Donald B. Paul, chief scientist of Air Force Research Laboratory's Air Vehicles Directorate, earned the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Senior Professional. Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton A. Schwartz presented Dr. Paul with the prestigious award during an April 17, 2009,

  • Senior Toxicologist Appointed 2009 Academy Fellow

    Dr. Saber Hussain, senior toxicologist in Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Biosciences and Performance Division, Biological Interaction Group was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences based on his outstanding

  • Live-Virtual-Constructive Contributions Earn FLC Tech Transfer Award

    AFRL's 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Warfighter Readiness Research Division received a 2009 Federal Laboratory Consortium Excellence in Technology Transfer award at the FLC Midwest Regional Conference, held August 18-20 in Bloomington, Indiana.Working under the

  • Wright-Patt Airman has groundbreaking transplant surgery

    In an unprecedented surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the University of Miami collaborated to perform the first pancreas islet cell transplant Thanksgiving Day on an airman whose pancreas was injured so severely in Afghanistan it had to be removed.Senior Airman Tre Porfirio, a 21-year-old

  • Two brothers from Dayton taught the world to fly

    Aviation enthusiasts, Air Force and local government leaders gathered here Dec. 17 to remember how two brothers from Dayton, Ohio changed the world.The brief ceremony, held adjacent to the Wright Brothers Memorial on base, recognized the 106th anniversary of the first powered flight at Kittyhawk,

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo 2010 scheduled for June 25

    'Tis the season for most people to host or attend holiday parties; but, for officials, here, 'tis the season to be in the midst of planning for one of southwest Ohio's largest summer celebrations.The Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo is Friday, June 25, 2010. Officials expect another

  • Wright-Patt Airman wounded in action

    A Wright-Patterson Airman was wounded in action by hostile gunfire in Afghanistan November 21. Senior Airman Tre Porfirio, a voice network systems technician for the 88th Communications Squadron here, was serving with the 755th Air Expeditionary Group at Combat Outpost Spera, Afghanistan. "We're

  • Public invited to First Flight ceremony at WPAFB

    The public is invited to a First Flight ceremony at the Wright Memorial Hill here Thursday, Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. The event commemorates the 106th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first successful powered flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. on Dec. 17. 1903. Brig. Gen. Paul Sampson, mobilization assistant to

  • NASCAR All Ears on Effort to SPEARhead Hearing Protection

    Listen up, NASCAR. The Air Force and SPEAR Labs, LLC, want technologies originally developed for battlefield hearing protection and communications to benefit motorsports as well. Created under Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between SPEAR Labs and Air Force Reserach Laboratory's 711th

  • SBIR-Produced Patterns Replace Wax With Foam Technology

    Funded in part by Air Force Research Laboratory Manufacturing Technology Small Business Innovation Research contracts, FOPAT Production, Inc., is producing breakthrough foam patterns for casting foundries and other manufacturers of aerospace components. The advanced patterns will improve casting