• Former flight nurse shares details of first Operation Babylift flight crash

    "I will never forget that day; it's as fresh to me right now as it was the day it happened."Those words jump started a 60-minute tale of what it was like to be the Air Force medical crew director - and survivor -- on the first Operation Babylift flight out of Vietnam that crashed about 14 minutes

  • Air Force welcomes new surgeon general

    Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger was promoted by Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry O. Spencer, as the 22nd Air Force Surgeon General, in a ceremony today at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Va.General Ediger has been the Air Force Deputy Surgeon General since July 2012, and replaces Lt. Gen.

  • CSAF, CMSAF visit Wright-Patt

    Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody held an All-Call at the Air Force Institute of Technology here June 8, and spoke about the importance of the work being accomplished by the people in the room and across Air Force Materiel

  • Pawlikowski assumes leadership of Air Force Materiel Command

    Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski assumed the top position of the major command responsible for installation support and the technology, acquisition, test and sustainment of the Air Force's current and future weapon systems during ceremonies here June 8, 2015.Pawlikowski took the reins of Air Force Materiel

  • Permanent change of station moves call for careful planning

    When the school year comes to an end, the peak moving season begins. The military family knows all too well, with orders in hand, of a permanent change of station (PCS) move is here. Planning is the key to unlocking a successful move according to the Wright-Patterson Personal Property Processing

  • AFMC civil servants earn Presidential honors

    Two civilians within Air Force Materiel Command are among 24 senior executives selected for the nation's highest civil service award.Patsy Reeves, a member of the Senior Executive Service and the Executive Director for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, along with Dr. Richard Linderman, a

  • Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory debuts new website

    The opportunity to challenge high school students to adapt commercial off-the-shelf gaming technology to help solve Air Force training problems is one reason why Jennifer Winner loves working for the Air Force Research Laboratory.Winner, a researcher with AFRL's  Human Effectiveness Directorate,

  • AFRL supports TAPS families at Pentagon

    Defense Secretary Ash Carter hosted a family night for Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors families at the Pentagon, May 22, as part of the Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp for Young Survivors.TAPS offers compassionate care to all those who are grieving the death of a loved one who

  • Comptroller reflects on support to Air Force people

    "The only gift is a portion of thyself."  Pam Henson says she has embraced these words of the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson as the guiding theme to her long and successful career with the Air Force.Since 1978, Henson has made it a priority to listen, learn, and provide guidance to all who have had the

  • Legacy Tree Offers Cancer Center Patients Hope, Support

    There is a tree growing just inside the doors of the Cancer Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center, but this tree isn't any ordinary tree.The Legacy Tree, a tree painted by Alexis Joseph, then an administrative technician at the medical center, is growing in the hearts of all the