• WW II vet memorialized in Germantown

    GERMANTOWN, Ohio – A lifetime resident of the city, and a World War II veteran was memorialized April 16, when South Walnut Street was renamed the honorary Herschel L. Smith Street. Smith lived on South Walnut Street for most of his life.The decision to rename the street was based on the many

  • National treasure B-17F Memphis Belle revealed before hundreds

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A famous symbol of the courage and sacrifices made by American bomber crews during World War II was revealed May 16 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.   The meticulously restored B-17F Memphis Belle – the first U.S.

  • 2 Airmen awarded the AF Achievement Medal

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Two Airmen in the 711th Human Performance Wing of the Air Force Research Laboratory were awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal for outstanding achievement when they worked together to save the life of a coworker who was choking.   Staff Sgt. Kerrine Leguin

  • Schmidt digs into network acquisition

    “It’s harder, in this portfolio, to visualize what we’re giving to the warfighter than some of the other three PEO’s I’ve had the privilege to lead,” said Brig. Gen. Michael Schmidt. “But make no mistake, it doesn’t matter if you have the coolest B-21 or F-35 in the air, it won’t do any good for you

  • AFRL unveils “one-stop” technology licensing

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory is making it easier than ever for entrepreneurs to turn vision into reality with Express Technology Licensing. The groundbreaking effort is a new approach to moving AFRL laboratory technologies into the commercial sector.

  • One E-8C JSTARS to undergo organic depot maintenance

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  The Air Force plans to bring an E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, better known as JSTARS, into the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins AFB, Georgia, for Programmed Depot Maintenance by Summer 2018.   The move would increase PDM

  • Air Force and MIT-LL further waveform development through partnership

    ROME LABORATORY, New York – The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MIT-LL) are working together to test advanced waveforms that can work at high frequencies (i.e. HF-band).The two laboratories signed a commercial test

  • Memphis Belle opens at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

    Seventy five years ago on May 17, 1943, the crew of the B-17F Memphis Belle completed their 25th combat mission in Nazi-occupied Europe. They overcame insurmountable odds by becoming the first U.S. Army Air Forces heavy bomber to complete 25 missions and return to the U.S. Exactly 75 years after

  • It’s a family affair to the nth degree

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Bruce Jones has been the martial arts instructor at the base youth center since 1996; and under his instruction, Master Sgt. Matthew Bruce, NCOIC of Cyber systems, Air Force Institute of Technology, Master Sgt. Bruce’s wife, Natalie and their children, have