• C-130 training simulator makes its move to base

    Now that the nearly 700,000-square-foot complex in Area B that will house the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing and their USAF School of Aerospace Medicine has been completed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, equipment is being moved in -- including the fi rst of two

  • Wright-Patterson R&D programs honored with Laureate Awards

    Two Air Force Research Laboratory advanced research and development programs were honored in Washington March 8 with Aviation Week Laureate Awards.The Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System and X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test vehicle teams were recognized "for their exploration,

  • AFRL team nominated for prestigious Collier Trophy

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology (ACAT) Fighter Risk Reduction Program (FRRP) team has been recently honored with a nomination for the National Aeronautic Association's Robert J. Collier Trophy to recognize its successful development and flight test of an

  • Air Force accepts delivery of last Predator

    The U.S. Air Force accepted MQ-1 Predator tail number 268, the last manufactured for the service, in a ceremony Mar. 3 at General Atomics' Gray Butte Aeronautical Systems' Flight Ops Facility.Col. James Beissner, Air Combat Command's Chief Irregular Warfare Division, accepted the aircraft on behalf

  • Hydraulic Fluid Purification could soon be a DoD-wide program

    The Air Force is constantly looking for ways to support its war-fighting mission in a way that is cost effective and environmentally friendly while still providing maximum efficiency. Don Streeter, Environmental Engineer, Air Force Plant #4, USAF HFP P2 Project, has been a driving force to bring

  • Rare diseases may create invisible handicaps

    February 28 is designated as Rare Disease Day. The National Institute of Health classifies a rare or orphan disease as one with fewer than 200,000 cases in the country. This day is not one of celebration, but one of education. It is a day that would have gone by in a blink for me until I became one

  • HUMAN PERFORMANCE WING GIVES RPA PILOTS MORE DYNAMIC MANEUVERING ABILITY

    Remotely Piloted Aircraft pilots will be better able to fly as if they were in the aircraft thanks to a system that will give them more ability to dynamically maneuver the plane.The 711th Human Performance Wing's Human Effectiveness Directorate, Warfighter Interface Division, Supervisory Control