• DHA helps personnel stay “MissionFit”

    A healthy diet, regular exercise and good sleep are all contributors to overall wellness. However, a new routine can be difficult to start and, between work schedules, family time and even commutes, difficult to stick with. To assist in keeping goals on track, members now have access to a resource

  • Air Force Research Lab’s famed YF-16 transfers to aviation museum

    ROME, N.Y. – After using the airframe in various tests during the past 40 years, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Information Directorate transferred its famed YF-16 from the Antenna Measurement Research Facility in Newport, N.Y. to the Fort Worth Aviation Museum in Texas.Ultimately, this

  • AFRL senior scientist elected to National Academy

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Dr. Richard Vaia of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was recently elected a member to the National Academy of Engineering. Appointment to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions bestowed upon an

  • New acquisition course builds value in first year

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Acquisition Instructor Course (AQIC) has moved to the next phase of its development after the first cohort of acquisition officers finished their research and laid the groundwork for the development of AQIC.Sponsored by Air Force Materiel Command, AQIC was

  • AFRL guest speaker presents a practical view of artificial intelligence

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Fear of the unknown can often cripple rational thinking. And one such unknown today is artificial intelligence. Is it right to be afraid of AI? Or is this just an irrational fear of the unknown?To make artificial intelligence more understandable to its

  • AFRL engineer honored as AIAA Fellow

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force Research Laboratory aerospace engineer Dr. Campbell Carter was recently named a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for his distinguished career in the study of high-speed propulsion.An internationally recognized expert,

  • Precision Attack Sniper IPT wins DOD level award

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – When most U.S. Air Force fighter and bomber aircraft need to strike a target, they rely on the Sniper Pod, which provides long-range detection/identification of targets, as well as surveillance for all missions, including close air support of ground troops. The Precision

  • Precision Attack Sniper IPT wins DOD level award

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – When most U.S. Air Force fighter and bomber aircraft need to strike a target, they rely on the Sniper Pod, which provides long-range detection/identification of targets, as well as surveillance for all missions, including close air support of ground troops. The Precision

  • Child care app wins AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo

    An idea to centralize and streamline the subletting of short-term slots at military child development centers won the 2020 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Rodeo Feb. 7 in San Antonio.