• AFRL pens agreement with DOE’s Argonne National Lab

    Maj. Gen.Ted Bowlds, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, signed an agreement May 14 with officials from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory that promises to save taxpayer dollars and speed the delivery of technological advances to American military forces. The new

  • AFRL Student Researcher Wins Regional TriBeta Award

    Michael Karns, a Consortium Research Fellows Program student-researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate won first place for best cell/molecular oral presentation at the TriBeta Midwest Regional Conference held April 14 at the University of Dayton Science

  • German filmmaker documents AFRL's high-altitude research pioneers

    German film producer Daniel Muenter wants the world to know the story of Air Force high-altitude research pioneers Captain Joseph W. Kittinger and Lt. Col. (Dr.) John Paul Stapp, who made invaluable contributions to flight science by subjecting themselves to high-risk experiments as mankind pondered

  • Tattoo offers rare heritage aircraft flyovers

    Both heritage and modern aircraft will perform at this year's Air Force Materiel Command's "Freedom's Call" Tattoo as part of its theme, "Heritage to Horizons." "This event will provide the aviation enthusiast a rare opportunity to view a wide selection of World War II era and modern day aircraft

  • Lieutenant shares off-duty time with veterans in hospice

    First Lt. Austen Lefebvre spends his on-duty time in crew systems engineering in the Air Force Research Laboratory here. In his off-duty time, he's volunteered many hours on Saturday afternoons talking with and listening to patients in the hospice at the Dayton Veterans Affairs medical center. A

  • Girl Scout collects items for hospitalized military members

    Courtney Hromada started in the Girl Scouts of America as a "Daisy," a scout between 5 and 6 years old and one level below Brownie. Today the 17-year-old daughter of Donna and Rodney Hromada, who works at the 88th Mission Support Group, is a senior at Northmont High School in Englewood and is still

  • Deployed Airman sets sights on marathon

    Though he is deployed half a world away defending freedom at Sather Air Base, Baghdad International Airport, James Scott already has his sights set on this year's U.S. Air Force Marathon. Scott has already begun his quest by running in the Baghdad Indy 500 mini-marathon May 5. "The mini-marathon

  • ‘An All-American Evening’ raises $62,000 to support care facilities

    The Fisher/Nightingale Houses Inc. recently raised $62,000 during the fourth annual "An All-American Evening ... A Rockin' American Bandstand" at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the event support the day-to-day operations of the Fisher and

  • NASIC-AFRL-AFIT Consortium Benefits Partners, Students, and Community

    One of the many benefits of Wright-Patterson AFB is the opportunity for partnerships. Take, for example, the Wright-Patterson MASINT Development Consortium--which partners the Air Force Institute of Technology, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center.

  • Air Force officials evaluating KC-X proposals

    The Air Force source selection evaluation team is poring over industry proposals for the KC-X program, the replacement for the Air Force's aging KC-135 Stratotanker strategic refueling aircraft. The evaluation team, made up of a broad spectrum of acquisition and operational professionals, is