• Wright Flyer replica crashes; 104th Practical Flight Ceremony cancelled

    A replica of the 1905 Wright Flyer III crashed at the Huffman Prairie Flying Field here at approximately 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. Vintage aircraft builder and pilot Mark Dusenberry, was flown by CareFlight helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton where his injuries were initially identified

  • MacArthur Fellowship Awarded to AFOSR Researcher

    Dr. John Rogers, chair professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and co-researcher for two AFOSR MURI programs, was recently awarded the MacArthur Fellowship. The MacArthur Fellowship, a five-year grant awarded to people of outstanding talent, is designed to provide seed money for

  • Air Force updates apparel industry

    Members of the Air Force Uniform Office attended the American Apparel and Footwear Association, Government Contracts Committee (GCC), fall meeting in Washington D.C., Sept. 2 - 3 to brief members of industry on Air Force uniform projects and requirements. The GCC meets annually and according to

  • AFOSR's Basic Research May Lead to Revolutionary New Devices

    Dr. Jiwoong Park of Cornell University, who receives funding for basic research from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), is investigating carbon nanostructures that may some day be used in electronic, thermal, mechanical and sensing devices for the Air Force."Devices that are

  • Changes ahead for Air Force acquisition

    Some 275 Air Force and defense industry leaders met here Sept. 3 to discuss military technology acquisition challenges and opportunities facing the nation. The Air Force Association Technology Symposium was timed to immediately follow the semi-annual Air Force Materiel Command Senior Leaders

  • X-Ray Fluorescence Gets Glowing Reports in Engine Debris Analysis

    Successful demonstration of a prototype lubricant analyzer based on X-ray fluorescence technology propels Air Force Research Laboratory and industry partner GasTOPS, Inc., ever closer to enabling better detection of early-stage engine failure caused by debris. The XRF analyzer uses data collected

  • Reconfigurable FPGAs Designed for Satellite Program

    A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement enabled collaboration between Air Force Research Laboratory and Xilinx Corporation is developing a space-hardened version of the company's latest field-programmable gate array product: the Single-Event-Upset Immune Reconfigurable FPGA, or SIRF. Now

  • USAF School of Aerospace Medicine's DIMO takes trauma training to Tajikistan

    The Defense Institute for Medical Operations, a unit of the U. S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) currently based at Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, presented medical professionals in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan a training course focused on regional trauma and disaster

  • Record Crowd turns out for Air Force Marathon

    Nearly 10,000 runners - an almost 35 percent increase over last year -- lined up at the starting line here for the 2009 U.S. Air Force Marathon. The 13th annual running event started with remarks by Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Owen, commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center, and included a first-ever