AFRL Research Advances Light-Emitting Diodes for Laser Applications

In-house sponsorship of an AFRL optoelectronics team is advancing Air Force combat systems through research into high-brightness/high-efficiency emission sources (e.g., light-emitting diodes and lasers) for laser radar and infrared countermeasures applications. In one effort, the team of AFRL

Base commander incorporates humor into quarterly call

"Let me start by saying 'thank you' for everything you do," said Col. Colleen Ryan, 88th Air Base Wing commander, at her first Commander's Call of the new fiscal year. "Everyday I hear about the great support being provided by the wing and for that I thank you." Punctuated by a collection of

AFRL-Funded Researchers Aid Military Efforts With 3-D Models of Urban Environments

An AFRL-funded research team at the University of California at Berkeley devised a novel methodology for building three-dimensional (3-D) models of urban environments in a fast, scalable, and automated way. The scans provide photorealistic renderings that enable virtual walk-, drive-, and

AFRL-Funded Researchers Identify Coherent Structures in Turbulent Airflow

An AFRL-funded team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., is working to detect and predict structures that create clear-air turbulence. The team's objective is to understand and forecast the atmospheric structures that underlie the airflow associated with the phenomenon.

AFRL Technology Improves Firefighting Vehicles

AFRL engineers developed a revolutionary new firefighting technology that will pave the way for a new generation of smaller, leaner, air-transportable fire trucks. The basis of the technology is a system for delivering ultra-high-pressure (UHP) agents to combat aircraft fuel fires--a capability that

Base firefighter competes in world firefighter challenge

AFRL Researchers Perform C-130 Functional Tip Tank Tests

AFRL worked in conjunction with Snow Aviation to perform tests on a modified C-130E aircraft fitted with functional tip tanks, eight-bladed NP2000 propellers, and extended dorsal and rudder surfaces. During the testing, which involved multiple flights, researchers measured tip tank impact on stall

AFRL leader receives Defense Distinguished Civilian Award

The Air Force Research Laboratory's Dr. William U. Borger has earned the elite Defense Distinguished Civilian Award. Deputy Secretary of Defense, Mr. Gordon England, presented the award to Dr. Borger Nov. 7, at a ceremony held at the Pentagon. This award is the highest honor given by the Secretary

Bldg. 20055 remediation to begin Monday

Members of the 88th Air Base Wing's Environmental Management Division of Civil Engineering will begin work Monday to clean out residual solvent left in the soil beneath bldg. 20055 in Area B. Building 20055, which dates back to World War II, once housed the second human test centrifuge of the

AFRL completes testing of CMC aft fairing heat shield subcomponents

The Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate here, under a Dual Use Science and Technology program with Boeing Company, has successfully completed design and the first steps of testing an oxide-oxide ceramic matrix composite material for use as aft fairing heat shields