AFRL Funds Academy Satellite Program

AFRL is funding a research program at the US Air Force Academy (AFA) that directly involves cadets in satellite design, construction, and launch. The most recent cadet-created satellite is FalconSat-3, which launched in the spring of 2007 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and is currently conducting

Researchers Attempt to Overcome Signal Interference in Free-Space Laser Communications

An AFRL-funded research team from the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Mexico State University is working to reduce atmospheric interference in free-space laser communications. The team of scientists has demonstrated new ways to deal with the fading effects that occur

AFRL-Funded Researchers Combine Terahertz Radiation and Metamaterial Technology to Detect Explosives

AFRL-funded researchers from the University of Bath, England, have developed wire structures that combine terahertz (THz) radiation with metamaterial technology to provide a straightforward explosives detection capability. The metawires guide THz wavelengths into narrow spaces or holes, where hidden

Base to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Base officials will honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during a luncheon at the Wright-Patterson Club and Banquet Center here Jan. 14. The event is open to all personnel with base access, including Airmen, civilian and contractor employees, retirees and their families. Rev. Dr. Floyd H. Flake,

Air Force receives certification of Fischer-Tropsch fuel blends in the B-52H

Volunteers needed to ready for tax season

If preparing to file the federal income tax return is one of the post-New Year's Day traditions you look forward to, then the Base Tax Center has a deal for you. The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Tax Center opens for business Jan. 28 at Building 219, Area C, but volunteers are being sought now to

Wright-Patt Airman provides medical support in Costa Rica

More than 600 patients were seen during a two-day medical readiness training exercise Dec. 18 and 19 in Costa Rica by Joint Task Force-Bravo American servicemembers from Soto Cano, Honduras. The team, made up of 28 Airmen and Soldiers spent two days in the village of Piedra Mesa operating a

Still heroes in our midst

My daughter and I used to watch the first season of Heroes as diligently as possible, and we would see how the different abilities of the characters would evolve. There were also the comic book heroes, Superman, Spiderman, The Incredibles and others. But as the world fulfills the Biblical prophecy

FAST program seeks to mature hypersonic air vehicles and space launch technologies

AFRL is teaming up with a number of aerospace industry contractors to begin ground experiments as part of the Future-responsive Access to Space Technologies (FAST) program. The FAST program seeks to mature hypersonic air vehicles and space launch technologies by designing, developing, and then

ASC environmental team wins award for ozone protection

The Aeronautical Systems Center Environmental Pollution Prevention team has been selected as the 2007 Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone Protection Team Award winner. The award was presented to Ted Grady, chief of ASC's Pollution Prevention Branch, at the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol