• AFLCMC provides improved bladder relief system to aircrews

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Imagine flying in an aircraft for hours at a time and not being able to use a toilet. For many pilots in the Air Force, that's a reality, and for years they have relied on a variety of systems - including off the shelf products - for bladder relief.The Air

  • AFMC unleashes $4.6 million in FY18 Squadron Innovation Funds

    When Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein asked leaders to “unleash the brilliance in our Airmen,” Air Force Materiel Command answered the call, executing more than $4.6 million in Squadron Innovation Funds in fiscal year 2018.

  • November is “Mustache Movember” for men’s health awareness

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Movember is an annual event of growing mustaches during the month of November to bring awareness to men’s health issues such as prostate, testicular cancer and mental health.    Whether you grow the “Trucker”, “Rock Star” or the “Connoisseur” mustache, growing

  • United Services Organization open for the holidays

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base United Services Organization is making sure Airmen have a place to go during the holidays by keeping their doors open for those who can’t make it home. The USO, located in Area A, Building 1222, will be open on both

  • Progressive lunch helps raise charity drive awareness

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command employees not only “showed some love” to the annual Combined Federal Campaign Nov. 6, but to their hungry stomachs, as well.  The progressive lunch – the brainchild of Gail Forest, SES, director of engineering and

  • Wright-Patt employee lives each day as a blessing

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Diagnosed with cancer twice and having undergone a major heart surgery has not slowed down retired Master Sgt. Daryl McFadden one bit. On the contrary, it has been his daily reminder to be thankful and to live life to the fullest.  In 1999, at the age of 33,

  • LCBP provides enterprise opportunities to lead, learn

    The Logistics Career Broadening Program offers company grade logistics officers the opportunity gain leadership skills and experience in depot, supply, sustainment and development missions through a two-year rotation at an air or defense logistics center. Officers are embedded within the

  • AFRL aids NASA in lofty endeavor

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Ingenuity and collaboration were the keys to success as a group of Air Force Research Laboratory engineers took a series of tests to new heights.At the request of NASA, AFRL rapid-response Systems Support researchers delved into the realm of space to help