• Base officials announce reduction-in-force actions

    Base officials announce that the Reduction-in-Force notices issued to 96 civilian employees on June 15 become effective today. As a result of the RIF process, 17 employees will receive change to lower grades and 53 will be reassigned to a new position. The remaining 26 employees, who received RIF

  • College teams take flight in design competition

    The cornerstones of good competition are challenge, planning, design, and team work. After nine months of planning, meetings, board reviews, and e-mails, the Air Force Propulsion Directorate, along with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, held the 43rd AIAA Joint Propulsion

  • Remembrance held for POW/MIAs at Wright-Patterson

    Base senior noncommissioned officers held a special Prisoner-Of-War/Missing-In-Action Recognition ceremony Sept. 21 at the historic Arnold House here. Special guest and speaker, Harley Coon, a former POW during the Korean War attended along with Col. Colleen M. Ryan. The purpose of the ceremony was

  • Secretary of Education tours Wright-Patt's Starbase

    As part of a three-day bus tour, United States Secretary of Education, the Honorable Margaret Spellings, visited the Youth Center and Starbase Wright-Patterson near the Prairie, at Wright Field Sept. 20. During the visit here, she was escorted by Lt. Gen. Jack Hudson, commander of Aeronautical

  • Double deck aircraft mockup enables firefighting research

    Responding to operational challenges posed by the new generation of large double deck aircraft, Air Force Research Laboratory engineers here have developed a mockup to research how to best fight fires and save lives in the event of a crash. The AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Airbase

  • Lieutenant governor, Columbus mayor applaud Air Force heritage

    Ohio officials honored the Air Force Monday when the lieutenant governor proclaimed Sept. 24 to 30 as "Air Force Heritage Week" in a ceremony at Rickenbacker Regional Airport. Speaking to an audience of about 120 Guard members and civilians, Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher thanked Ohio's men and

  • Park Service to commemorate 102nd anniversary of first practical flight

    Vintage aircraft builder and pilot Mark Dusenberry will reenact the first practical circling flight by a powered aircraft at Huffman Prairie Flying Field here Oct. 5. The National Park Service and Aviation Heritage Foundation are teaming with hosting support by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for

  • AFRL Researchers Complete Blended Wing Body Wind Tunnel Tests

    AFRL researchers completed tests of a blended wing body (BWB) model in a 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC).  The BWB model is a follow-on to previous wind tunnel tests conducted in the National Transonic Facility (NTF).  The AEDC wind tunnel's larger

  • X-51A Completes Low-Mach Test Series

    AFRL engineers completed low-Mach tests on the SJX61-1 engine using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's 8-foot high-temperature tunnel. The Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne SJX61-1 (or X-1) is a hydrocarbonfueled scramjet [supersonic combustion ramjet] engine