• 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

  • AFRL Scientists Identify Method for Applying EMI Shielding Materials

    AFRL scientists discovered a suitable method for applying a polymer nanocomposite solution to serve as electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding material. These materials protect ground-based structures, aircraft, spacecraft, and satellites from internal and external EMI effects. Replacing

  • Nanorice research seeks to focus light on small regions in space

    Using funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here, a team of engineers, physicists and chemists from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have successfully created 'nanorice,' which will be used to focus light on small regions in space. Findings on this nanorice

  • Excite Camp attendees visit AFRL's Hawaiian facilities

    Twenty middle school girls from across the island visited the Department of Defense's largest telescope this month as part of a three-day event designed to expose students to careers in science, technology and math. Aimed primarily at under-represented groups such as native Hawaiians and Pacific

  • AFRL names Colonel Coale as vice commander

    Col. G. Scott Coale officially assumed his duties as the vice commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory July 10. He replaced Col. David Walker who retired June 23 after a distinguished 26-year career in the Air Force. Colonel Coale will play a key role in directing a staff of 9,500 and the Air