• USAF Marathon registration opens New Year in big way

    If opening day registration is any indicator, this year's U.S. Air Force Marathon is going to be the biggest by far in the event's 14 year history.Marathon officials said special New Year's Day pricing attracted over 1,000 registered runners for affiliated events. The U.S. Air Force Marathon is

  • MC-12 arrives in Afghanistan

    The newest aircraft to the Air Force's inventory arrived Dec. 27, 2009, to Bagram Airfield. The MC-12 aircraft, tail number 090623, was the first of an undisclosed number of aircraft for the new 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.Following the MC-12's arrival, the 4th Expeditionary

  • WPMC announces new H1N1 immunizations

    Wright-Patterson Medical Center officials have established a new schedule for H1N1 Influenza immunizations. The H1N1 immunization is now open to all including AD, dependents, retirees, Civil Service, and contract personnel. Individuals are encouraged to utilize one of the H1N1-dedicated shot lines

  • USAF Marathon registration opens with special Jan.1 pricing

    If getting fit is part of your resolution for 2010, you can ring in the New Year by signing up for the United States Air Force Marathon.Online registration for the marathon opens Jan. 1 at 12:01 a.m. To encourage early sign ups, the USAF Marathon Office is offering special discounted registration

  • Air Vehicles Scientist Earns 2009 Harold Brown Award

    Dr. Derek Kingston, Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate, received the 2009 Harold Brown award, the highest Air Force award presented to a scientist or engineer who applies research to a problem in the field. The AF chief scientist selects recipients for the honor based on their

  • 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,