• Base to conduct controlled burn of Huffman Prairie

    Base Environmental along with Ohio Department of Natural Resource Division of Wildlife will conduct a controlled burn of Huffman Prairie on Nov. 3, weather permitting. The controlled burn is used to maintain and expand existing prairie vegetation as well as prohibit the spread of invasive woody

  • Wright-Patt program earns top honors

    The Workforce Recruitment Program here was named the Most Improved Program in 2009 by the Air Force's Equal Opportunity Office for its efforts in hiring students with disabilities from around the Miami Valley. The WRP is an opportunity for disabled college students to work on base as summer interns

  • Air Force Releases Guidance for wear of PTU

    The Air Force has released guidance this month for wear of the physical training uniform, replacing previous guidance in Air Force Instruction36-2903. According to the message released from Air Force A1 and signed by Lt. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III, deputy chief of staff for Manpower and Personnel,

  • PECASE Winner Plans to Continue Research in Detection

    Air Force Research Laboratory-funded Dr. Scott Craver, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Binghamton University, is investigating the development of detectors that are resistant to exploitation for an adversary's algorithms. Dr. Craver and his research team are also

  • Bio-Based Jet Fuel Studies a "GR8" (Great R-8) Success

    In support of the Department of Defense Assured Fuels Initiative for securing domestic fuel sources to meet the military's energy needs, Air Force Research Laboratory and the Southwest Research Institute conducted tests of the first biologically based synthetic jet fuel to undergo detailed

  • High-Temperature Polymer Film Capacitor Development

    Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, Universal Technology Corporation, and Brady Worldwide, Inc., reached a significant milestone in developing polymer film capacitors for high-temperature (200°C) power systems. The engineers were able to demonstrate the industrial-scale, roll-to-roll

  • Aeromedical Care Advanced by Fuel-Cell-Powered System

    Air Force Research Laboraty is doing its part to solve a serious problem faced by aeromedical evacuation and critical care air transport teams, whose members find themselves overburdened and entangled--literally--in their work environment. These emergency personnel regularly wrestle bulky avionic

  • Research Continues on Secure, Mobile, Quantum Communications

    Researcher Dr. David H. Hughes of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y. is leading a team investigating long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure quantum communications capabilities in theater. Hughes and his Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded team have

  • Security Forces members trade guns for hammers for a day

    In most cases having 21 Security Forces members in one location, other than at their squadron, means something has gone wrong and their assistance is needed. On Oct. 16 their help was needed, but for another cause. The 88th Security Forces Squadron Airmen donned their tool belts with hammers,