• Foundation plans to break ground for new compassionate care facility

    The Fisher House Foundation will break ground in early 2008 to replace the existing Nightingale House, a compassionate care facility on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, with a new Fisher House. With construction expected to last eight months, the new facility will be located on the grounds directly

  • 96 civilian employees receive RIF notices

    Ninety-six civilian employees at Wright-Patterson AFB received reduction-in-force notices June 15. Due to fiscal year 2007 force structure changes and Air Force program budget decisions, the RIFs were necessary to address the resulting position reductions, said Eric Dilworth, civilian personnel

  • Air Force and academia to partner in USAF Marathon

    Leadership from both the Air Force and Wright State University gathered at a press conference June 13 to discuss their new USAF Marathon partnership, and other details of the September race. Standing on the flightline of the 445th Airlift Wing in front of a massive C-5 Galaxy -- the featured

  • 'FOX and Friends' shines spotlight on Wright-Patt

    Television viewers who watched the FOX News Network's "FOX and Friends" morning program June 8 gained insight into the diverse mission of Air Force Materiel Command and the Air Force. With a C-5 Galaxy serving as its backdrop, "FOX and Friends" co-anchor Brian Kilmeade broadcast multiple live

  • ASC Member and family enjoy surprise reunion at Dayton Dragons game

    Filled with anticipation and excitement, Kim Thigpen and her two sons - Jacob, 11, and Caleb, 5 - walked onto the field in front of nearly 9,000 Dayton Dragon fans at Fifth Third Field Sunday night after the second inning of the team's baseball game with the South Bend Silver Hawks. The drizzle that

  • AFRL Donates Advanced Materials Analysis System to Academia

    Under an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA), AFRL donated a surplus advanced materials analysis system to the Howard University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Facility (HNF). Capable of analyzing the surface and in-depth composition of materials with precision accuracy, the Secondary Ion

  • AFRL Develops Additives to Improve Aircraft Engine Bearings

    AFRL fluids and lubricants experts managed three Small Business Innovation Research contracts to develop additives for the fully formulated gas turbine engine oils used with new aircraft engine bearings. These additives will improve the characteristics of the corrosion-resistant steel bearings to be

  • AFRL's Advanced Visualization Displays Enable Superior Operator Performance

    With the aid of Air Mobility Command's Tanker Airlift Control Center personnel, Air Force Research Laboratory researchers demonstrated and evaluated advanced visualization displays depicting global airlift missions and their associated resources. The researchers developed Spiral 1 of the timeline

  • AFRL Characterizes Airblast of Cased Weapons

    Airblast characterization is vital to fully understanding the performance capability of any existing or concept munitions. AFRL researchers use an instrumented blastpad to characterize airblast. The instrumented blastpad is unique in its design, with the capacity to measure airblast from cased or