• AFIT Joins Consortium Promoting Women in STEM Fields

    Following a six-year collaborative effort, the Air Force Institute of  Technology recently signed an Memorandum of Understanding between AFIT, Central State University, the University of Dayton, and Wright State University to promote the recruitment, advancement, and retention of women in science,

  • High hopes for AFRL community college outreach program

    The Air Force Research Laboratory is strengthening its efforts to recruit a diverse crop of future scientists and engineers through its Community College Internship Pilot Program. The Community College Internship Pilot Program, or CCIPP, which is wrapping up its first year, provides community

  • USAFSAM welcomes C-17 trainer, first in Air Force

    Sections of a C-17 Globemaster III fuselage, transformed into an aeromedical evacuation trainer by the 502nd Trainer Development Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, began arriving here May 18."This platform will be used for simulated in-flight and ground training for over 600 nurses,

  • Popcorn volunteers brighten medical center atrium

    Mary Lou Petersen is a volunteer popcorn pal who has perfected her popping prowess since 2010 in the main atrium at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's medical center."The aroma is major free advertising," Petersen said. "It goes up to all the floors. Everybody wants popcorn every day."That aroma does

  • AFRL commander, spouse receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor

    Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello, Defense Contract Management Agency director, Fort Lee, Virginia, and Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, were awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor May 9 at a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York City.The

  • Base exercise tests vital preparations, responses

    Wright Patterson Air Force Base was a flurry of activity last week as base personnel were put through their deployment and emergency response paces during this quarter's base-wide exercise.Events started early as the order came down to prepare to send Airmen overseas in a deployment exercise that

  • AF Chief Scientist visits AFRL, Receives Service Honor

    Dr. Mica Endsley, Chief Scientist of the Air Force, met with Air Force Research Laboratory leaders here May 5 - 7, reviewing key Air Force science and technology programs, and attending a preview of the technology displays AFRL will feature at the Department of Defense Lab Day event to be held May

  • U.S. Air Force Marathon Seeks Volunteers

    Looking for a way to experience a marathon without having to run it? The U.S. Air Force Marathon is looking for more than 2,300 volunteers to help.Volunteers are needed to help manage a variety of important functions including handing out shirts, bibs and meal tickets to the more than 15,000 runners

  • Flight tests conclude for shape changing aircraft flap

    A team of researchers from Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA and FlexSys, Inc., accomplished a long sought goal in aviation research April 22 with the last flight of the Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge (ACTE) Flight Research program.A radically new morphing wing technology called FlexfoilTM