• Retiree caregivers allowed access to base

    For most aging adults, having a friend run to the store for them isn't more than a phone call away. However, if you're a retiree and cannot drive yourself around, getting to the commissary and pharmacy can be a little more complicated. Retirees who need this kind of assistance may require the help

  • Exercise at Wright-Patterson prepares for severe weather season

    The installation exercise office here will conduct a quarterly base exercise from Mar. 25-27. The exercise gets its name 'Strong Winds '09', due to the vulnerabilities of the season. According to Carmen Riches, base chief of exercises, this quarterly exercise will give our Wright-Patterson personnel

  • Volunteer Recognition and Volunteer Excellence Award deadline approaching

    The deadline to submit entries to the Airman and Family Readiness Center for Team Wright Patterson Volunteer Recognition and the Air Force Volunteer Excellence Award is Mar. 30. Supervisors are encouraged to highlight their candidate's achievements in the form of a one page memorandum to the

  • Security Forces aim for better shooting scores

    Wright-Patterson Security Forces are aiming to use "virtual bullets" to help Airmen hit the target on the first shot. The "bullets" are actually beams of light fired from a weapon that is identical in almost every way to those used in the field. The weapons - rifles, pistols or light machine guns --

  • JDAM adds precision punch to Reaper

    The already lethal MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system will soon bring even more punch to the enemy in the form of the Joint Direct Attack Munition. The results of the series of GBU-38 JDAM test drops at the China Lake test range in California are still being evaluated, but they mark a significant

  • AFRL lends expertise to warfighter power pack competition

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) assisted the Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate (AFRL/RZ) in a concerted effort to identify a lightweight, portable power pack to support warfighters in the field. The AFRL/RX support effort involved two

  • AFRL program saves nearly $300M in turbine engine repair

    Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate are succeeding in reducing the operation and support costs associated with aircraft jet engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) under the Engine Rotor Life Extension program (ERLE). According to lead

  • Air Vehicles Directorate honors annual award winners

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate here honored its own at the 43rd annual awards luncheon, held February 11, 2009, at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Dayton. The theme for the event was "Changing the face of technology: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow." Guests were surrounded by

  • Base emergency crews respond to fire at test range

    Base firefighters responded to a fire on a test pad near Building 191 in Area B here at approximately 3:50 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27.The fire was restricted to the outdoor live fire range which is adjacent to the building. The fire was extinguished and the scene declared safe at approximately 4:45 p.m.