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  • AFRL Demonstrates Robotic Perimeter Security System

    AFRL researchers participated in the Robotic Physical Security Experiment, conducted at Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico. For their role in the effort, the researchers demonstrated the capabilities of the Defender, a robotic platform that performs reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting,

  • Spread the Word team addresses workforce concerns

    The commander of the Air Force Personnel Center brought her Spread the Word briefing team here Nov. 12 to 14 to communicate personnel changes with diverse groups of customers. Maj. Gen. K. C. McClain, is personally traveling with the team initially to each Air Force major command headquarters base

  • Fly ear-inspired sensors benefit MAVs and UAVs

    A professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland is researching miniature acoustic sensors and sound localization techniques using the hearing mechanisms of flies as a model. "We have found that the fly ear indeed represents a 'nature designed optimal structure' for obtaining the

  • AFRL execs garner four Presidential Rank Awards

    Four senior Air Force Research Laboratory personnel have been honored with 2008 Presidential Rank Awards. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced the awards Oct. 1, which honor the top executives in federal government for outstanding program results and executive leadership. Dr. Don Paul,

  • Bus transport schedule announced for AFMC change of command

    Officials have announced the availability of bus transportation for base Airmen and civilian employees to attend the Air Force Materiel Command change of command ceremony, to be held at the National Museum of the United States Air Force Modern Flight Gallery here Friday, Nov. 21. Gen. Donald Hoffman

  • AF Global Logistics Support Center installs new commander

    Air Force Materiel Command installed a new commander for the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center Nov. 13 in ceremonies at Scott AFB, Ill. During those ceremonies Gen. Bruce Carlson, who leads AFMC, which is AFGLSC's parent unit, awarded command of the center to Maj. Gen. Gary T. McCoy. General

  • Four recognized at AFSAC call

    General Bruce Carlson, AFMC commander, attended the Air Force Security Assistance Center Commander's Call October 30 to personally present Air Command and Staff College diplomas to four graduates. Nancy Donnelly-Ivy, Karen Williams, Helena Hughley, and Ellen Jenkins-Moorman completed the course as a

  • Wight-Patt honors its heroes home from deployment

    A unique one-of-a-kind opportunity to welcome home troops who have returned from deployment will unfold again as part of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's "Heroes Welcoming Heroes" event Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Offered three times a year, Heroes Welcoming

  • First C-130J delivered to Norway

    The first C-130J delivered through the foreign military sales process was turned over to the Royal Norwegian Air Force in a ceremony November 12 at the Lockheed-Martin plant in Marietta, Ga. The delivery is the culmination of nearly two years of work that began when the Norwegian Ministry of Defense