• 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

  • AFMC announces, honors annual enlisted award winners

    A thunderous applause shattered the typically reverent silence at the National Museum of the United States Air Force April 9, as Air Force Materiel Command officials announced their top enlisted Airmen of 2008. More than 300 family members, friends, and wingmen gathered to show their support at the

  • Sensors complex to renovate, add laboratory space

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District office has awarded a $36 million contract to Butt Construction of Dayton to renovate and expand the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate complex located on Area B of Wright-Patterson AFB. The project will add approximately 91,000

  • Proposed range will provide training for EOD personnel

    Base officials are accepting public comment on the proposed construction and operation of a range to train Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel here. "It will be used for the proficiency training of EOD personnel and also for any emergency detonations of military munitions coming from communities