• Embassy visits Balad, helps Airmen, Soldiers get passports

    Members of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq came here Nov. 7-11, to help Airmen and Soldiers obtain passports. Senior Master Sgt. Veronica Martin, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing law office superintendent, deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, helped the team process the applications. "I heard

  • Nanotubes improve thermal conductivity in adhesively bonded joints

    Research scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, partnering with the University of Dayton Research Institute, are exploring innovative ways of using nanotechnology to reduce aircraft life cycle costs and improve aircraft systems reliability. The team

  • Funeral services announced for fallen Airman

    Funeral services for Senior Airman Kenneth Hauprich have been announced.Senior Airman Hauprich was killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in Italy Nov. 8.The Hauprich family will be accepting visitors from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, at Greeneview High School, 4710 Cottonville Rd., Jamestown,

  • Wing commander addresses housing surplus at town meeting

    Col. Colleen Ryan, 88th Air Base Wing commander, held a town meeting Nov. 13 in Chapel 1 to confront growing speculation that some Wright-Patterson housing was set to be demolished. "Not today, not tomorrow, not in the next year," said Col. Ryan rebutting the notion that a demolition project was

  • Base financial service hours change

    The 88th Comptroller Squadron's Financial Services Office is changing customer service lobby and phone hours to 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. The change is effective Dec. 1, 2007 and means Airmen, civilian employees and retirees seeking in-person or telephone assistance with financial

  • Improved Crystals Transition for Laser Technology Demonstration

    AFRL researchers managed an innovative research and development (R&D) effort conducted with BAE Systems, Inc., that achieved a tenfold increase in the energy-per-pulse performance of zinc germanium diphosphide (ZnGeP2) crystals--important components in the construction of high-power (and now,

  • AFRL Develops Portable Covert Airfield Lighting System

    AFRL engineers worked under a Small Business Innovation Research grant with Optical Research Associates (Pasadena, California) to design and develop a portable covert airfield lighting system (PCALS) based on light-emitting diode (LED) technology rather than conventional incandescent bulbs. The