• Navigating WPMC pediatric appointments

    The Wright-Patterson Medical Center Pediatric Clinic, located in Bldg. 830, Area C, provides comprehensive health, preventative, primary and specialty pediatric care for Tricare Prime enrollees up to and including 17 years of age. All pediatric services are offered during normal duty hours 7:30 a.m.

  • Base 2006 outstanding personnel managers named

    Base officials announced Jan. 5 the winners of the Air Force Materiel Command-level Personnel Manager of the Year and Outstanding Mission Support, Career Assistance Advisor, Professional Military Education and First Term Airmen Center of the Year awards for 2006. The following individuals and

  • Non-bargaining unit employees fall under NSPS Jan. 21

    Approximately 2,600 base supervisors, engineers, auditors, attorneys, medical and personnel specialists, who are non-bargaining unit civilian employees, will go under the NSPS on Jan. 21, according to the National Security Personnel System manager at Wright-Patterson. "NSPS is designed to allow

  • Medical, Dental Corps promotions announced

    Air Force Personnel Center officials announced today medical and dental corps promotions to colonel, lieutenant colonel and major. Wright-Patterson AFB has 24 lieutenant colonels, majors and captains who were selected for promotion. They are: Colonel Medical Corps Lt. Col. Rory Owen, Air Force

  • Base man scores league high 288, seeks perfect 300

    Michael Mack, of the 88th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, excels in two sports that have little in common. When looking to smash a ball more than 100 miles an hour, crashing into walls and making a kill shot on an opponent, Mack hits the racquetball court. When looking to hang out, enjoy a

  • Wright-Patt lieutenants selected for captain

    The Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph AFB, Texas, announced Wednesday that 4,003 first lieutenants were selected for promotion out of 4,040 officers considered during the 2006C captain selection process. The following lieutenants at Wright-Patterson AFB were selected for promotion to captain:

  • AFRL-Funded Researchers Conduct Detecting Deception Study

    AFRL-funded scientists from the University of Arizona used video and audio tools to collect data for interpreting the body movements, voice inflections, and linguistic features of volunteer human subjects during interviews and interrogation sessions. The team used the collected data to develop a

  • AFRL Team Spearheads Redesign of B-2 Nozzle Bay Doors

    A team of AFRL engineers successfully resolved a design problem affecting the performance of the B-2 aircraft's nozzle bay doors (NBD). The NBD redesign effort improved mission-capable rates for the B-2 fleet. The Advanced Composites Office worked with the AFRL team and the B-2 Systems Group to

  • AFRL Commences GE VAATE Core Compressor Testing

    AFRL engineers began testing General Electric's (GE) long-range strike (LRS) Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) core compressor at the laboratory's Compressor Research Facility (CRF). These tests will further develop the front three stages of the dual-use core compressor to

  • Infrared Thermography Technique Patent Granted

    Drs. Shichuan Ou and Richard B. Rivir, of AFRL's Propulsion Directorate, along with Dr. Srinath V. Ekkad, of Louisiana State University, earned a patent titled "Method of Infrared Thermography." The patent describes an invention that uses a high-resolution infrared thermography system to determine