• World-unique tire testing capability saves millions for warfighters

    At the Air Force Test Center’s Landing Gear Test Facility located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, engineers have developed a new, one-of-a-kind test capability that can identify, characterize and classify tire wear under realistic operational conditions—saving thousands per tire over the

  • AFRL Sensors Directorate employee balances challenges during pandemic

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Tracy Vance, an Air Force Research Lab Sensors Directorate financial operations specialist, goes above and beyond at work and in her personal life, even during unprecedented times.Just as Vance was promoted to her new position as a financial operations

  • CHPS goes virtual to help Team Wright-Patt during COVID-19

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – During a time where our way of daily living has been hindered by the impacts of COVID, the Civilian Health Promotion Services has gone virtual to help you with your health and wellness needs. The need for social distancing, following stay at home orders,

  • NPC determined to be a successful proof of concept

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Culminating with an in-flight demonstration on April 30, 2020, the Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) proof of concept prototype successfully proved its capability to potentially transport individuals with infectious diseases, such as COVID-19.Air Force Materiel Command

  • Air Force investigates using quantum materials in new navigation tool

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force Research Laboratory researchers Drs. Robert Bedford, Luke Bissell, Chandriker Dass and Michael Slocum are finding practical applications for the curious phenomena that occur in quantum materials. Until the late 1990s, the properties — or even the

  • AFLCMC directorate awards $330 million contract for C-21 maintenance services

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate awarded a ten-year $330 million contract to Akima Logistics Services – a small business – April 16, to provide organizational and depot level maintenance and other