• AFMC promotes 'Be Active' physical activity challenge

    During April and May, Air Force Materiel Command will promote its 'Be Active' Team Challenge. Be Active is a command-wide initiative designed to help the AFMC workforce increase physical activity levels and heighten awareness of proper back care. Participants will receive a FREE copy of the Mayo

  • USO center calls for Wright-Patt volunteers

    While the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base USO Community Center, Bldg. 1222 in the Kittyhawk Center already has a month of operations under its belt, this "home away from home" for active-duty military, Guard, Reservists and their families is in need of volunteers to staff it."We are looking for more

  • Devillier selected for assignment

    Col. John Devillier, 88th Air Base Wing commander, has been selected to become the new Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for General Officer Matters at the Pentagon. Devillier will depart for this joint-service assignment in June.    "Being a commander is the best job in

  • Wright-Patt commemorates Vietnam War 50th Anniversary

    Thirty-eight veterans from around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, were honored March 16 during a Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony held at Air Force Materiel Command."This was a wonderful way to recognize all the veterans from the Vietnam era even if they didn't serve in the

  • Army special operations airborne soldiers hit the DZ at Wright-Patterson AFB

    The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base airfield at Area A was the scene of afternoon and nighttime joint-service paratroop drop training exercises March 19, the type of which haven't been conducted here for years.About 50 Army Reserve special operations soldiers from the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion

  • AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate seeks to turn waste into energy

    It may seem like a scene from Back to the Future, but AFRL is looking to turn fiction into reality with the Waste-to-Energy project demonstration.The AFRL Advanced Power Technology Office embarked on this $6.8 million Waste-to-Energy system demonstration at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to