• 30th Space Wing partners with Discovery Museum to create space launch exhibit

    VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CA – The local community doesn’t always get to peek inside Vandenberg Air Force Base and see its role in launching and landing space vehicles. But for some of its younger residents, that’s about to change. A new educational partnership agreement between the 30th Space Wing

  • AF responds to hiring freeze

    The Air Force is working with the Defense Department to provide additional guidance on the federal civilian hiring freeze implemented Jan. 23.

  • Air Force buys next lot of Pegasus tankers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- The Air Force has awarded a $2.1 billion contract to Boeing for the third Low Rate Initial Production lot of KC-46A Pegasus tankers. This award includes 15 aircraft and associated spare parts. The first two production lots for 7 and 12 aircraft respectively were awarded

  • Air Force small business partners garner prestigious SBA award

    The U.S. Small Business Administration has honored two companies that are growing with support from the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Program. Colorado-based MMA Design LLC and California-based Composite Support & Solutions Inc. each

  • International students part of USAFSAM’s rich heritage

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- As the oldest continually operating institution of its kind, the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine -- part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing -- has long been a leading institute for education, research and

  • Wright-Patt's efforts are ongoing to meet blood donations quotas

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Wright-Patterson Blood Donor Center, located on the second floor clinic side of the Wright-Patterson Medical Center in Room 2D28, is the place for volunteers to donate blood.Maj. Erica Robinson, clinical laboratory scientist who has been stationed at the

  • AFRL researcher honored with Presidential Early Career Award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An innovative materials research engineer in the Metals Branch, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, was named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Barack

  • AFLCMC to welcome new command chief

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Chief Master Sgt. Michelle R. Thorsteinson-Richards has been selected as the new Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s command chief.Thorsteinson-Richards, who is currently the command chief of the 99th Air Base Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, will

  • Air Force Marathon to feature two aircraft

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –  The Air Force Marathon has announced that they will be featuring not one but two aircraft on this year’s runners’ shirts and finisher’s medals. The event will feature both the F-22 Raptor and the P-51 Mustang.  “With this year being the Air Force’s 70th