• Columbus man loses 120 pounds to join Air Force

    For as long as he can remember, Daniel Kuertz said he has admired the uniformed Airmen in his community of Columbus, Ohio. As he grew into a young man, Kuertz said joining the Air Force was a logical conclusion, considering many people in his family served in the military, including his father, Greg

  • AFOSR Continues History of Success with NDSEG Fellowship Program

    As part of the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) prepares for the 2008 application review meeting, which will take place February 15-17 in Arlington, Va. NDSEG is a Department of Defense (DoD) fellowship program

  • Afghans complete advanced medical training

    Less than a month after a basic Emergency Medical Technician training class graduated here, seven more Afghan men entered the medical career field after graduating from a nursing school program facilitated by the joint Air Force and Army Provincial Reconstruction Team here. The 12-month training

  • AFRL engineers support mobile inspection system evaluation

    Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate engineers traveled to Alaska to help evaluate a system designed to reduce the danger military personnel face while performing under-vehicle searches for explosives."This system helps ensure the safety of military personnel by

  • AFRL coating named one of 100 most significant technologies

    An environmentally safe corrosion control coating for aluminum aircraft surfaces and structures developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, in conjunction with the University of Missouri-Rolla, Boeing Phantom Works, Deft Coatings and Warner-Robins Air

  • AFRL develops lightweight next generation airfield matting system

    Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, working with Webcore Technologies, Inc., Dayton, Ohio, have made significant advancements developing a super-strong, lightweight composite airfield matting that speeds-up forward aircraft deployments, expands

  • AFRL Develops Friend-Versus-Foe Identification System

    AFRL researchers developed a technology that helps warfighters distinguish friendly forces from adversaries during combat exercises. The lab teamed with Lumitex, Inc., to create and field the Target Recognition Operator Notification system, which has the potential to save lives and increase combat

  • Opportune Landing Site Testing Proves Successful

    The AFRL-managed Opportune Landing Site (OLS) program recently conducted two successful landing site soil tests. Boeing and the US Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) jointly developed the OLS software, which uses satellite imagery, digital terrain elevation data, and Air

  • Engineers Test Actively Cooled CMC Panels for Rocket and Scramjet Engines

    AFRL engineers, under an Integrated High-Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology (IHPRPT) contract with Teledyne Scientific Company (Thousand Oaks, California), completed environmental testing on actively cooled ceramic matrix composite (CMC) panels. The panels tested extremely well in both rocket rigs

  • Researchers Create Family of Composite Materials

    AFRL-funded researchers have constructed an entirely new class of materials that could potentially aid Air Force (AF) missions. Dr. David Avnir, head of the Institute of Chemistry at The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, led the scientists whose initial research yielded this surprising outcome.