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  • Disabled team members play vital roles in AFRL mission

    Throughout his 27 years at the Air Force Research Laboratory and its predecessor organizations, there was truly only one obstacle that Craig Leaver could not surmount or avoid - the day when it was time to bid farewell to AFRL and retire. That day arrived last December, drawing to a close a

  • Area doctor selected for defense committee

    Dr. Kristy Anderson, a Beavercreek physician, was appointed by Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services March 11 in Arlington, Virginia.According to its website, the committee--nicknamed DACOWITS--was established by then Secretary of Defense,

  • Information Directorate chief engineer earns top award

    The newly appointed chief engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate will receive an Engineer of the Year award during the 65th annual Mohawk Valley Technical Awards banquet April 23 in New York Mills, New York.The Mohawk Valley Engineers Executive Council is

  • USAFSAM prepares for arrival of new C-17 trainer

    The 711th Human Performance Wing's U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (711 HPW/USAFSAM) is receiving a new C-17 trainer for its Flight Nurse, Aeromedical Evacuation Technician (FN/AET), AMC's Formal Training Unit (FTU), and Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT) training courses. The

  • Second lieutenant inspired by general

    Second Lt. Matthew Ruden didn't always plan to stay in the Air Force, but he plans to stay now.Ruden, an acquisitions manager for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's F-15 division, will be promoted to 1st Lieutenant on May 1, with Maj. Gen. Tom Masiello, Air Force Research Laboratory

  • Total Woman's Expo focuses on professional, personal development

    The 11th annual Total Woman's Expo, by the Wright-Patterson Federal Woman's Program (FWP) and the Miami Valley Chapter of Federally Employed Women (FEW), held recently at the Hope Hotel provided an opportunity for women of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to develop their professional workforce

  • WPAFB teen earns state honor

    A teen member of the Prairies Youth Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base won the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Ohio Military Youth of the Year, which came with a $5,000 prize March 28 in Cleveland, Ohio.Rowan Goble, an eighth grader at the Dayton Regional STEM School, will participate in the

  • SecAF visits Wright-Patterson

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base March 26 to get a firsthand look at various missions and to deliver the commencement address at the Air Force Institute of Technology graduation. This was James' second visit to the base since she became the

  • Peace officers raise funds for service dogs

    Active-duty and retired peace officers from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are going to the dogs to help fellow service members. The members of FOP Lodge 170 are donating funds to defray the cost of a service dog for one of the many service men and women who are still suffering from the conflicts