• “Pumpkin Chuck” for charity

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 12th annual Wright-Patterson Pumpkin Chuck will take place, Oct. 21, beginning at 11 a.m. The event is open base-wide and to the general public. Entry is free. The “Pumpkin Chuck” supports the annual Combined Federal Campaign, which provides an

  • 14th Intelligence Squadron finds its roots

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A commander’s dogged persistence has acquainted her unit with both its lineage and two World War II veterans and resulted in a donation of historically significant photos and artifacts to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The 14th Intelligence

  • ‘Speed mentoring’ matches mentors, protégés

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Nervous laughter and quiet conversation ensued as participants entered a room set with cloth-covered tables, bowls of mints and punch. Light music played in the background, setting the scene for what looked to be another round of speed dating in the Dayton

  • Flexible batteries: evolving energy for the ‘new’ reality

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- It’s a $7 million research industry today, expected to be worth $400 million dollars by 2025. For researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, the “energy” spent in this research area is worth much more. By using

  • The Veterans' Voice Project seeks veterans to tell their story

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Wright State University’s Veterans’ Voice Project is on a mission to build bridges between veterans by telling their story and preserving it for generations to come.  The Veteran’s Voice Project staff, comprised of WSU military veteran students, are

  • Break the cycle of bullying

    Bullying is not just a part of life that stops in the schoolyard; it can have consequences that stretch into adulthood and impact people for the rest of their lives.   According to the National Center for Education, one in four children will experience bullying in their lives, and it comes in many

  • New office looks to shape future force

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force of the future is taking greater focus as the new Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office is actively pursuing its mission and the experimentation campaigns that it has been chartered to execute. The office will be

  • Four-time Olympian speaks at AF Marathon events

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Meb Keflezighi, a four-time Olympian and winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon, participated in 2016 Air Force Marathon activities, speaking at the Breakfast of Champions, Expo, pasta dinner and running in the 10K. During his remarks at the Breakfast of

  • AFRL celebrates patents, seeks to further bolster numbers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- It would be safe to assume that a pioneering research and development organization such as the Air Force Research Laboratory possesses its fair share of patented intellectual property.  The fact is that 218 patents have been filed by AFRL since 2011, with 49