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Oct. 23, 2019
Air Force Demonstrates Rocket Engine Preburner for Advanced Liquid Rocket Engines

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully tested a state-of-the-art rocket engine preburner to elevate the U.S. technology base for high performance oxygen-rich staged combustion.The preburner was designed, developed, and tested under the AFRL Hydrocarbon
Oct. 23, 2019
WWII Army Air Force meteorologist turned material scientist shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Air Force Office of Scientific Research congratulates John B. Goodenough, professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, for recently being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019. The eldest recipient of a Nobel Prize at age 97,
Oct. 23, 2019
Small businesses to make their pitch at inaugural AF Technology Executive Officer Pitch Day

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Wright Brother’s Institute will host the inaugural Air Force Technology Executive Officer Pitch Day Nov. 15 at the Steam Plant and the Wright Brother’s Institute in Dayton from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a business
Oct. 23, 2019
WPAFB and Huffman Prairie Prescribed Burn season dates announced

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Officials from the 88th Civil Engineer Group Natural Resources Program have announced Prescribed Burn season dates for the upcoming burn season.The burn season begins Nov. 1, 2019 and ends March 15, 2020.Prescribed Burns are used to maintain and enhance the
Oct. 21, 2019
Research analyst designs program to manage traffic flow at Wright-Patt

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Starting the day off with traffic delays and long lines on the way to work is never fun, but can sometimes be part of the daily commute.Sarah Lomax, an operations research analyst with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Operations Research Division,
Oct. 21, 2019
AFLCMC Pumpkin Chuck launches its annual event

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s 15th Annual Pumpkin Chuck will be held Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Open to the public, competitors and spectators can enter through the Spinning Road entrance,
Oct. 21, 2019
Facility Managers conserving energy at Wright-Patterson AFB

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --- Wright-Patterson facilities are on the right track, according to the results from several weeks of 88th Civil Engineer Group’s energy audit and the energy savings performing contracts when it comes to energy savings. So far both have shown some efficiency
Oct. 20, 2019
Merchant Marine Academy graduate excels in Air Force acquisition

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE – Living and working at sea is an experience that 2nd Lt. Chad Cleary says helped prepare him for his current career in Air Force acquisitions.A program manager with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Human Systems Division in the Agile Combat Support
Oct. 17, 2019
AFMC successfully executes $66 billion portfolio in FY19

The Air Force Materiel Command executed a more than $66.6 billion portfolio in Fiscal Year 2019, ensuring the delivery and sustainment of agile, cost-effective and war-winning capabilities to the warfighter. AFMC manages 34% of the Air Force overall budget, executing funds across six centers,
Oct. 17, 2019
AFRL center maintains excellence as Agent of the Security Control Assessor

Rome, N.Y. – The Air Force Research Laboratory Integration Test & Evaluation Center (ITEC) renewed its Agent of the Security Control Assessor (ASCA) licenses and will maintain its status as a trusted agent for the Air Force Enterprise Security Control Assessor.“This renewal confirms ITEC’s standing