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July 18, 2017
Planning a system’s entire life cycle

The Development Planning team is charged with equipping the force for future challenging operational environments. The office is currently supporting two capability development analysis projects. One is in the early acquisition stages and has the goal of upgrading a command and control system housed
July 18, 2017
Volunteers needed for Run for the Fallen, run registration open

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Volunteers are still needed as the Wright-Patterson community continues to honor those who perished in the 9/11 attacks with the fourth annual Run for the Fallen scheduled for September 11, 2017.Volunteers are needed to help set up markers for the 5k run and
July 18, 2017
Changing computing and networking forever, one qubit at a time

ROME, New York – There was a time when transoceanic travel was a fantasy, the mentioning of space travel could get you committed and the thought of 16GB of RAM in your computer was something only for the ultra-rich. But technology, like time, changes and every so often a breakthrough happens. It’s
July 18, 2017
AFRL researchers explore automation, additive technologies for cost efficient solar power

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Inspired by newspaper printing, and taking cues from additive manufacturing technology, researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are exploring new ways to make solar cells more cost efficient—increasing application potential in the process. “Sun is
July 18, 2017
AF Marathon registration continues

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Registration for the 21st annual U.S. Air Force Marathon is still open and runners, walkers and wheeled participants are encouraged to sign up quickly for the fun and exciting family friendly event scheduled Sept. 15-16.This year’s marathon will honor the 70th
July 14, 2017
Joint cost-savings effort at D’Azzo Research Library saves more than $380,000

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Thanks to a joint effort between the staffs of the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Academic Library and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Technical Library – who together form the D’Azzo Research Library, AFIT students and faculty and AFRL researchers
July 14, 2017
USAFSAM Military Training Flight Chief named one of 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Master Sgt. Michael J. Stevens, Military Training Flight chief from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here, was announced as one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2017 by the Air Force Personnel Center July 7, 2017.The
July 14, 2017
Trusted lab results through Lean Daily Management

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Located within the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, the Core Laboratory conducts multiple in-house laboratory tests, and processing of patients’ samples for shipment to other Department of Defense laboratories, all in an effort to satisfy physicians’
July 14, 2017
New brand to serve local military

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Cox Media Group Ohio, in concert with the 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is launching Wright Patt Today, a suite of free daily media products, to better serve the local military community and those who support
July 14, 2017
88th Dental Lab solves problem for ejection seat research

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The subjects of dental appliances and ejection seats may seem worlds apart to most, but for two Wright-Patterson Air Force Base organizations they met to solve a persistent research obstacle at the 711th Human Performance Wing.It was Tech. Sgt. Jeffery