• Band of Flight shares the gift of holiday music

    The U.S. Air Force Band of Flight will share the gift of music with the Dayton community again this holiday season as they present their annual holiday concert series at the Dayton Masonic Center, December 11 - 13. Each spirit-filled free concert, hosted by the base's most senior leadership, is

  • Propulsion Researchers Earn C-130J Team Award

    Members of the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate's Energy/Power/Thermal Division, Energy and Power Systems Branch earned recognition in the form of the Aeronautical Systems Center's 2nd Quarter C-130J Joint Rapid Action Team Award. The honor acknowledges their contributions

  • Exploring the Boundaries of Turbulence Wins Honors for Caltech Researcher

    An Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded researcher is exploring the physics of turbulence, including the potential impact of turbulence on flows, which are of interest to the Air Force. The researcher, Dr. Beverley J. McKeon of California Institute of Technology is using both new and

  • Air Force PTU Made in America

    The Air Force partnered with American industry to ensure the new physical fitness uniform is not only upgraded with better material and functionality, but is also 100 percent America made.The new PTU outer garment running suit is being manufactured near Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. Every aspect of

  • New Algorithms for Computerized, Large-Scale Surveillance

    A recent AFOSR-funded technology should enable the Air Force to achieve advances in object and target detection technology by using sophisticated algebraic theories called groups, rings and fields. Better detection methods will allow for effective reviewing of photographic, video and radar images to

  • Propulsion Researchers Earn C-130J Team Award

    Members of the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate's Energy/Power/Thermal Division, Energy and Power Systems Branch, earned recognition in the form of the Aeronautical Systems Center's 2nd Quarter C-130J Joint Rapid Action Team Award. The honor acknowledges their contributions

  • AFRL Sensors Scientist Earns Air Force Science and Engineering Award

    Dr. Boris Tomasic, of the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate, earned the 2009 Air Force Science and Engineering Award for Exploratory or Advanced Technology Development. The award recognizes noteworthy achievements in applied research or advanced technology development, with emphasis

  • Lynx Aerodynamic Design Tested in AFRL Wind Tunnel

    Working under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, XCOR Aerospace, Inc., performed subsonic wind tunnel tests using an Air Force Research Laboratory facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. XCOR completed the test series to validate the aerodynamic design of its all-metal

  • New Simulation Capability Aids Cooperative UAV Research

    Thanks to Air Force Research Laboratory design and development expertise, an important new collaborative simulation capability--one facilitating coopera-tive unmanned air vehicle research--has emerged. The pursuit of a shared simulation capability for independent teams generated the AVTAS (Aerospace