• AFMC urges swine flu awareness and prevention

    With the recent outbreak of the swine influenza virus infection, or swine flu, Air Force Materiel Command officials are urging individuals to educate themselves about symptoms, and to take precautionary measures that can prevent its spread. As of April 27, the World Health Organization reported 40

  • Air Force chief offers perspective to acquisition community

    Some 700 Air Force senior leaders, acquisition professionals and defense industry partners met at the campus of Sinclair Community College April 20-22 to address challenges faced by the military acquisition, technology and logistics community. The two-and-a-half day event, organized by the Defense

  • Earth Day celebrated at Wright-Patterson

    The 88th Civil Engineer Directorate hosted Wright-Patterson's first ever Earth Day celebration April 22 at the recycling center here to emphasize the importance of environmental conservation and to showcase how the base is "going green." The event kicked off with brief remarks from Col. Bradley

  • AFOSR Program Manager Receives Web Intelligence Recognition

    Dr. Hiroshi Motoda, program manager with the Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD) -- an international detachment of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) -- has been awarded the 2008 Web Intelligence Consortium Outstanding Contribution Award. The Web Intelligence

  • Awarded Tree City USA for the 12th Year

    Wright-Patterson recieved it's twelfth Tree City USA Award from the National Arbor Day Foundation, April 17.  Created in 1976, the Tree City USA award originates from the National Arbor Day Foundation, an organization dedicated to tree planting, conservation and the promotion of community forestry. 

  • Air Force-Funded Research Leads to New Type of Artificial Muscle

    Research on a new kind of carbon nanotube artificial muscle for Air Force aerospace and space applications, conceived and invented, at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) is receiving primary financial support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Dr. Ray Baughman, director

  • Training system helps joint operators put bombs on target

    When Air Force acquisition program managers meet to discuss the impact of their programs, they frequently talk figuratively about the ability to "put bombs on target." But when managers of the Joint Terminal Control Training and Rehearsal System mention "bombs on target," they are being literal. The

  • AFOSR Leadership Supports New Microplasma Center at St. Peter’s College

    On Friday, April 17, 2009, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) leadership traveled to Jersey City, N.J. to help celebrate the establishment of the St. Peter's College (SPC) Center for Microplasma Science and Technology (CMST). As part of the event hosted by SPC President Eugene J.

  • Moth Eyes Inspire Anti-Reflective Skins for UAVs

    Researchers at National Taiwan University are expanding on the anti-reflective properties of moth eyes to make better protective skins for U.S. Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles. With funding from the Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD) -- an international detachment of the

  • Air Force scholarship paves way for future engineers

    The U.S. Air Force is offering a college scholarship called the Technical Degree Sponsorship Program. TDSP is an opportunity for electrical, computer and environmental engineering students, who are within 24 months of completing their bachelors degree, to earn a salary. TDSP participants receive