• Base exercise will include night operations

    Base officials will conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise here Aug. 13 - 15. Most of the exercise activity will take place at Wright Patterson's PRIME BEEF training area, a wooded training site located adjacent to the Huffman Prairie Flying Field. Most exercise events will be transparent to the

  • Researchers develop Transportable Waste-to-Energy System

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate here is developing a Transportable Waste-to-Energy System to produce electricity at forward military operating locations. This program is supported by the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program. Executive

  • Researchers develop model for hearing protection in high-noise environments

    Researchers funded by the Air Force, Army, and Navy are investigating ways to improve communication links for people wearing headphones, helmets and other protective equipment in noisy environments. Their research has been an especially important collaboration for the military because many serving

  • Public comment sought on proposed building demolition

    In accordance with 36 Code of Federal Regulations Part 800, Protection of Historic Properties, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is seeking public comment from August 1, 2008 through August 15, 2008, on the proposed demolitions of Buildings 40 and 55 located in Area B of the base. Both buildings are

  • Retiree Appreciation Day event set for Oct. 29

    Plans are already well underway to make this year's Retiree Appreciation Day the biggest ever. The event is slated to take place Wednesday, Oct. 29 at the Hope Hotel adjacent to Gate 12A here. "We wanted to announce the event early, so area retirees who like to plan travel well in advance could mark

  • Team Wright-Patt helps tell Air Force story at Vectren Dayton Air Show

    The 2008 Vectren Dayton Air Show drew about 76,000 people July 19-20, and Team Wright-Patt played a key role in helping showcase the U.S. Air Force mission and capabilities to the crowd. A team of nearly 400 people representing various functional areas from the base volunteered their time and

  • Computer simulation shows unusual properties of water on nanoscale

    An Air Force Office of Scientific Research Office-funded theoretical physicist is the first in his field to conduct a computer simulation showing water's unusual properties on the nanometer scale. Dr. Uzi Landman, director of the Center for Computational Materials Science at Georgia Institute of

  • AFRL engineer honored at FIRST LEGO League World Festival

    Like many others, Air Force Research Laboratory engineer Skip Gridley volunteers much of his time for charitable causes. Few, however, go as far above and beyond. Gridley, Air Vehicles Directorate Propulsion Integration Team Leader, was recently one of only two people worldwide to be presented with

  • Reaper: friend to allies; Grim Reaper to foes

    Reaper flew its first operational mission in Iraq July 18. For the Air Force and ground forces, this added weapons system is a much needed asset; for enemy targets it's a force to reckon with. The MQ-9 Reaper is a medium-to-high altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft system, and its