• Two AFRL technologies honored with Laureate award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Two groundbreaking teams from the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate have been recognized with the 2020 Aviation Week Network Laureate Award in the category of Defense.The Medium Scale Critical Components team has been honored in the

  • AFRL sponsors service academy and university design challenge

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As a result of real-world-battlefield needs, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation is sponsoring the Service Academy and University Design Challenge.The SAC/UDC challenges tackle some of the Department of Defense’s top urgent needs

  • Make roads safer by following speed limits, traffic laws

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson supports more than 30,000 vehicles transiting through the installation’s seven access control points each day with the 88th Security Forces Squadron safeguarding the wing’s roadways. Even with all precautions in place, in 2019 there have been

  • New Gate 26A opens for Area A passenger, commercial traffic

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –  A new gate opened Nov. 18 for commercial and passenger vehicles at Wright-Patt’s Area A.The new Gate 26A began operations and is open weekdays 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., for both commercial and passenger vehicles.The new gate will also be open on Saturdays from 6 a.m.

  • AFMC to host Virtual Career Fair

    The Air Force Materiel Command, in conjunction with the Air Force Personnel Center, will host a Virtual Career Fair Dec. 17, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST. The event will focus on filling more than 100 vacancies across the command in career fields to include contracting, financial management, force support,

  • New and Improved AtHoc Keeps Base Personnel in the Loop

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO- With cold weather just around the corner, it’s important than that base personnel stay in the loop on changing base conditions.AtHoc recently ditched the purple globe version of its emergency mass notification system and switched to a new and improved white

  • Air Force Research Laboratory joins Quantum Economic Development Consortium

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory has announced that it is joining the Quantum Economic Development Consortium, established in 2018 as a direct result of the National Quantum Initiative Act.The mission of the QED-C is to identify gaps and support enabling

  • Educational institution celebrates centennial with aplomb

    Alumni, special speakers, astronauts highlight AFIT’s evolutionWRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An institution headquartered here went all-out Nov. 7 to mark its 100 years of educating Airmen for meeting Air Force missions.The Air Force Institute of Technology celebrated its centennial with a