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Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Engineers with the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program work on a prototype of the liquid-cooled plate carrier Dec. 1, 2021, at their lab in Riverside, Ohio. The system was designed by 1st Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, in hopes of reducing the number of heat casualties in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Matthew Sunday (left) and Joe Althaus (center), Wright Brothers Institute Rapid Innovation Program engineers, and Mike Moulton, an Air Force Research Laboratory engineer, work on the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype in a lab Dec. 1, 2021. The institute and AFRL collaborated to build the prototype for testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Matthew Sunday, an engineer with the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program, works on the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype Dec. 1, 2021, at his lab in Riverside, Ohio. First Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, designed the system to fight heat stress for Air Force “Defenders” wearing body armor. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Matthew Sunday, an engineer with the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program, works on the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype Dec. 1, 2021, at his lab in Riverside, Ohio. The system uses a small pump to circulate water and cool service members wearing body armor. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
First Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, consults with Wright Brothers Institute and Air Force Research Laboratory engineers Dec. 1, 2021, as they build a prototype of the liquid-cooled plate carrier. O’Brien entered his design in Air Force Materiel Command’s Spark Tank competition, catching the attention Air Force leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Joe Althaus (center), the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program manager; Mike Moulton, Air Force Research Laboratory; and 1st Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron; consult a diagram of the liquid-cooled plate carrier as they work on building a prototype Dec. 1, 2021, at the institute’s facility in Riverside, Ohio. O’Brien designed the system as a way to reduce heat-related incidents in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Joe Althaus (left), the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program manager, and engineer Matthew Sunday consult with 1st Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, on Dec. 1, 2021, about construction of a system prototype the Airman designed to cool “Defenders” wearing body armor on warm days. The institute and Air Force Research Laboratory worked together to build the prototype for testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
First Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, tries on ballistic armor Dec. 1, 2021, containing the prototype of a liquid-cooled plate carrier system he designed to help Airmen in the field on hot days. The Wright Brothers Institute and Air Force Research Laboratory worked together to build and test the prototype in hopes of reducing heat stress in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, taxis a T-38 Talon aircraft to its parking spot Nov. 15, 2021, on the ramp at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where local Air Force ROTC cadets wait for her. Kociuba, a University of Dayton alum, talked with students from her old ROTC unit about the transition from cadet to Air Force officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Air Force ROTC Cadet Dylan Shope poses next to the cockpit of a T-38 Talon aircraft Nov. 15, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The supersonic trainer aircraft was flown to Wright-Patt by Maj. Sarah Kociuba, a 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot who visited local cadets. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, visits with Air Force ROTC cadets Dylan Shope (left) and Chris Davis on Nov. 15, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Kociuba, who led the three-bomber flyover at the Super Bowl in February, came back to Wright-Patt to visit with cadets from the ROTC unit she was a member of 10 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, visits with Air Force ROTC cadets of Detachment 643 on Nov. 15, 2021, in a hangar at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The University of Dayton alum came back to Wright-Patt to talk with students from her old ROTC unit about the transition from cadet to Air Force officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, visits with Air Force ROTC cadets of Detachment 643 on Nov. 15, 2021, in a hangar at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The University of Dayton alum came back to Wright-Patt to talk with students from her old ROTC unit about the transition from cadet to Air Force officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, visits with Air Force ROTC cadets of Detachment 643 on Nov. 15, 2021, in a hangar at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The University of Dayton alum came back to Wright-Patt to talk with students from her old ROTC unit about the transition from cadet to Air Force officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
David Mollenhauer, Air Force Research Laboratory, monitors the radio as he waits for the results of one of his team’s chucks Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck. With the pumpkins landing more than a half-mile from their starting point, radios were the only effective means of keeping track. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
The Phoenix, an experimental torsion catapult, sends a pumpkin (upper left) 2,840 feet, more than a half-mile, downrange Oct. 22, 2021, during the 16th annual Pumpkin Chuck at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The members of Team ETHOS, which built the Phoenix, are from the Dayton area and most either work at or are affiliated with Wright-Patt. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
Team ETHOS members watch as officials look for their pumpkin downrange Oct. 22, 2021, during the 16th annual Pumpkin Chuck at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The pumpkin was found more than a half-mile away. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
Aaron Makin places a pumpkin in his catapult’s sling Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck. Makin’s team, Just Send It, got off to a rocky start as its first two attempts went backward; however, its third, and final, attempt went 450 feet for the Class B win. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
A team participates in the human-powered Class C category Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck. Four competitors would pull on the ropes of a catapult to send a gourd toward a target several hundred feet downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Great flying pumpkins!
A team participates in the human-powered Class C category Oct. 22, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s 16th Annual Pumpkin Chuck. Four competitors would pull on the ropes of a catapult to send a gourd toward a target several hundred feet downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)