• X-51A WaveRider gets first ride aboard B-52

    In a flight test reminiscent of the early days of the historic X-15 program 50 years earlier, the X-51A Waverider was carried aloft for the first time over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 9 by an Air Force Flight Test Center B-52H Stratofortress.The "captive carry" test was a key

  • USAFSAM: The Air Force's Medical Educators

    Flight surgeons, aerospace physiologists, public health and bioenvironmental officers, flight nurses and enlisted specialists - every year, the Air Force and its partners need thousands of skilled medical professionals to fill critical positions.Where does the Air Force find enough people with the

  • Base launches Facebook page

    There is a new way to stay on top of happenings at Wright-Patterson now that the base has a presence on Facebook, the popular social media website. "The site will allow the base to share more news, photos and videos with families and friends of people that work on the base, and others with an

  • Senate confirms new AFMC vice commander

    The Senate on Friday, Dec. 4 confirmed Maj. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger to the rank of lieutenant general with assignment to the position of Air Force Materiel Command vice commander. General Wolfenbarger was previously the Director of Intelligence and Requirements at Headquarters AFMC,

  • 711 HPW demonstrates value of collaborative training research at I/ITSEC

    Featuring technology developed through collaborations with private industry, the Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, or 711 HPW/RH, demonstrated the value of interoperable game-based environments for military training and simulation at the

  • Air Force-Funded Research is Shattering Traditional Notions of Laser Limits

    Air Force Office of Scientific Research and National Science Foundation-funded professor, Dr. Xiang Zhang has demonstrated at the University of California, Berkeley the world's smallest semiconductor laser, which may have applications to the Air Force in communications, computing and bio-hazard

  • November marks AFIT’s 90th Anniversary

    The Air Force Institute of Technology celebrated its 90th year of existence this month with a celebration and commemoration of the institute's unique place in aviation and aerospace history. AFIT's 46th Commandant, Brig Gen Walter Givhan, started the ceremonies by proclaiming "The Institute has

  • Recycling effort saves money, earns award

    Six years ago, Wright-Patt initiated a program to recycle ceiling tiles. To date the base has turned in 1.2 million square feet of ceiling tiles for recycling, which is enough to cover 20 football fields.Martin Nicodemus, who goes by Nic, is an environmental scientist with the 88th CE Environmental