• AFRL and FAA Engineers Work to Keep Aircrews Safe From Lasers

    Engineers from Air Force Research Laboratory and the Federal Aviation Administration are collaborating to improve aircrew safety in situations where lasers are carelessly or maliciously pointed at aircraft. A team of optics, human factors, and computer specialists is quietly laying the groundwork

  • AFRL Tests Next-Generation NASA Communications System

    Air Force Research Laboratory engineers are testing a next-generation hearing protection and communications system for astronauts. The new system is designed for use inside the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's advanced crew escape suit during the remaining space shuttle missions.

  • Wright-Patterson announces Retiree Appreciation Day

    The Retiree Activities Office here will host a Retiree Appreciation Day Oct. 25 at the Wright-Patterson Club and Banquet Center. The event is open to all military retirees, spouses, widows and widowers throughout the greater Miami Valley served by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, said project

  • Reserve maintainers respond quickly to C-5 fuel spill

    Fast response by maintenance crews during the off-loading of jet fuel from a base C-5A Galaxy averted a major fuel spill here today, officials said. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base firefighters responded to the 445th Airlift Wing parking ramp about 1:10 p.m. when a malfunction during the off-loading

  • WWRS sets new sales record

    With still another month remaining in fiscal year 2007, the Worldwide Warehouse Redistribution Services program is approaching the $16 million mark, shattering the previous record for annual sales. Managed by the Air Force Security Assistance Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, WWRS is a virtual

  • ASC’s MSRC supports study to improve F-22 fighter

    An enemy fighter jet in hot pursuit gains on an F-22 as the pilot instinctively pushes on the stick and the rudder pedals for a 90-degree turn to break away. The 9-G- plus forces tax the body of the seasoned fighter pilot, but will these stresses damage the body of the F-22 aircraft? The Major

  • Base set to eliminate vehicle registration requirement

    Those familiar blue and white Department of Defense registration stickers for privately owned vehicles will soon become a memory. "Effective Sept. 3, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will discontinue registration of privately owned vehicles," said Lt. Col. Mike Reiner, 88th Security Forces Squadron

  • Base emergency responders wrap up barrel incident

    Base officials are wrapping up an incident from early Tuesday when a 55-gallon drum barrel was hit by a semi-truck and ended up just outside the base fence along State Route 444 in Fairborn. Base Security Forces initially received a call from the Ohio Department of Transportation due to the location

  • Pace team vital to marathon success

    One can see him, from quite literally, a mile away. With his bright red, spray-painted hair and a sign that stands higher than his tall frame, he's quite possibly one of the most encouraging people one will find at the Air Force Marathon. His name is Jim Crist and he's a cheerleader of sorts. Not