• Stealth fighter honored at Wright-Patt

    The Air Force - industry team responsible for providing program oversight to the F-117A stealth fighter said farewell during a ceremony here today. More than 350 Wright-Patt Airmen, base employees, industry partners and family members gathered for one last close-up look at the F-117 Nighthawk, which

  • News Release: Early release due to weather

    The Installation Commander has determined that the weather conditions warrant early release of all personnel from WPAFB effective at 1p.m. today. To facilitate the departure, the additional following gates will be open for exit only from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Area B National Road Gate (19B) Area A & C

  • Global Hawk marks 10-year anniversary

    A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle landed after an eight-hour mission Feb. 28 that marked 10 years since base officials witnessed its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base. On that first flight, the aircraft flew for one hour at an altitude of 32,000 feet, and today the Global Hawk has logged

  • New tanker to bring increased capabilities to warfighter

    Air Force officials here announced Feb. 29 the selection of the Northrop Grumman Company to replace the aging KC-135 Stratotanker fleet. After months of reviewing and evaluating proposals from vendors, the source selection team chose Northrop Grumman to produce up to 179 of the new air refuelers.

  • F-117A Nighthawk to be honored at retirement ceremony

    A retirement ceremony to honor the contributions of the F-117A Nighthawk, the world's first attack aircraft to employ stealth technology, will take place here March 11. The retirement ceremony is not open to the general public, however, Wright-Patterson employees, retirees and family members with

  • AFRL Funds Fiber Laser Research

    AFRL-funded researchers created fiber lasers as thin as a human hair. Dr. Jerome V. Moloney, director of the Arizona Center for Mathematical Sciences, located in Tucson, heads up the research team. During the course of the AFRL-sponsored program, his team developed unique technologies enabling the

  • AFRL Coating Makes Publication's Top 100 Technologies List

    AFRL, in conjunction with the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR), Boeing Phantom Works, Deft Coatings, and Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC), developed an environmentally safe corrosion-inhibiting coating for aluminum aircraft surfaces and structures. R&D Magazine subsequently named this

  • AFRL Develops Remote Auxiliarary Power System

    At the request of Air Force Special Operations Command's Special Tactics Squadron, AFRL engineers addressed an urgent operational need to solve the problem of recharging batteries in forward locations. The resulting remote auxiliary power system (RAPS) allows military forces to harvest power from

  • AFRL Conducts New Air Force Aircrew Anthropometry Study

    The last time the Air Force (AF) conducted a large-scale anthropometric (human body measurement) survey of its pilots was 1967. Countless changes have occurred since then, one of which being the average size and shape of the human body. The critical significance of this evolution is evident in