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Personnel from the Air Force Research Lab, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and Samson Rope, Ferndale, Wash., demonstrate proposed items for the C-17 Globemaster III fleet Jan. 30, 2018, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Maintenance personnel from the 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron set up an aircraft and back-shop facilities to gather additional data for synthetic rope chains and winch cable usage. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)
AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate honors annual awards winners
Michael Cleary presented the directorate’s most prestigious award, the Charles J. Cleary Scientific Achievement Award, to the Flexible Gallium Nitride for High Performance, Strainable Radio Frequency Devices Team at the 65th Annual Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Awards Luncheon. Shown left to right Dr. Donald Dorsey, Col. Charles Ormsby, Dr. Benji Maruyama, Dr. Nicholas Glavin, Dr. Timothy Bunning, Dr. Eric Heller and Michael Cleary. (U.S. Air Force photo / Karen Schlesinger)
AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate honors annual awards winners
Dr. David Walker served as guest speaker for the 65th Annual Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Awards Luncheon. Walker currently serves as Director of Technology in the Office of Naval Research. He was honored to return for the event as he has ties to the Directorate in his former capacity as former AFRL Vice Commander and former Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Director. (U.S. Air Force photo / Karen Schlesinger)
Materials engineer finds second calling as historic novelist
Engineer by day, author by night: AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate engineer TJ Turner demonstrates a conformal body armor prototype, part of a project he worked on to develop more comfortable armored vests with greater coverage. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lori Hughes)
AFRL licenses antibody breakthrough for humanitarian use
AFRL project researchers Dr. Joseph Slocik (left), Dr. Rajesh Naik, and Dr. Patrick Dennis review the recently-signed licensing agreement that grants locally-based innovators S.A.Wyze exclusive rights to use AFRL-developed Ultra-Stable Antibody Liquids technology for human diagnostic work. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Kristi Singh)
General Server
General Ellen Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, serves up dinner to enlisted airman at the Pitsenbarger dining facility, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base December 12, 2017. As an annual one evening event WPAFB top leadership act as servers at the base dining facility during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Al Bright/Released)
General Servers
From the left, Lieutenant General Robert McMurry, Jr., Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, General Ellen Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command Center commander, Ms. Patricia Young, Air Force Materiel Command executive director and Ms. Kathy Watern, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center executive director, stand by to serve holiday dinner to base enlisted members at the Pitsenbarger dining facility, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base December 12, 2017. As an annual one evening event WPAFB top leadership act as servers at the base dining facility during the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Al Bright/Released)
AFRL enhances survival tools for isolated airmen
2nd Lt. Brent Young, AFRL researcher and member of the Ejection Seat Survival Kit Enhancement, Modernization and Optimization team, tests a new and improved knife for the kit. Testing and consensus from the 22TRS and 336TRG will be determined and then recommended to the Air Force for inclusion in the survival kit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jason Goins)
AFRL researcher to climb Mt. Aconcagua for science
Kevin Schmidt, research engineering psychologist in the Air Force Research Laboratory and Defense Department Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholar at Northwestern University, takes some time for a quick on-camera interview to discuss his upcoming climb of Mount Aconcagua in South America. He and his team seek to identify new ways to prepare warfighters for deployments in high altitude environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge/released)
AFRL researcher to climb Mt. Aconcagua for science
Kevin Schmidt, research engineering psychologist in the Air Force Research Laboratory and Defense Department Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholar at Northwestern University, walks on the treadmill with a 70-pound pack to demonstrate one of the ways he has been training for his climb of Mount Aconcagua in South America. He and his team seek to identify new ways to prepare warfighters for deployments in high altitude environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge/released)
AFRL-Carroll High School iGEM team earns gold in Boston
The Air Force Research Laboratory-Carroll High School iGEM team proudly displays their gold medals after the international iGEM competition in Boston Nov. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Richard Eldridge)
Nobel Laureate returns to AFRL to talk determination, discovery
Nobel Laureate Dr. Dan Shechtman visited the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate on November 8, 2017, to share his research, advice, and groundbreaking discovery of quasicrystals as part of the AFRL Technical Mastery interactive lecture series. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Karen Schlesinger)
AFMC commander provides update, shares perspective during Commander's Calls
Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, speaks during a Commander's Call held at the National Museum of the United States Air Force Nov. 7, 2017. The general spoke about the command's goals, the current national security environment, and the Air Force's priorities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Al Bright)
From lemon to lemonade: AFRL researchers reclaim clunker for endurance race
With technical expertise and a fresh coat of paint, researchers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Materials Integrity Branch transformed a 1992 BMW 325 into a race car for the 24 Hours of LeMons even in South Haven, Michigan, October 14-15, 2017. The series requires teams to field a competitive racecar for under $500. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Nicholas Jacobs)
From lemon to lemonade: AFRL researchers reclaim clunker for endurance race
Starting with an inoperable 1992 BMW 325, researchers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Materials Integrity Branch transformed a clunker into a racer for the 24 Hours of LeMons event October 14-15, 2017, in South Haven, Michigan. The race series requires teams to field a competitive racecar for under $500. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Brett Jordan)
From lemon to lemonade: AFRL researchers reclaim clunker for endurance race
Starting with an inoperable 1992 BMW 325, researchers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Materials Integrity Branch transformed a clunker into a racer for the 24 Hours of LeMons event October 14-15, 2017, in South Haven, Michigan. The race series requires teams to field a competitive racecar for under $500. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Brett Jordan)
From lemon to lemonade: AFRL researchers reclaim clunker for endurance race
Despite a soggy track, the race team from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Materials Integrity Branch successfully completed the 24 Hours of LeMons race in South Haven, Michigan, October 14-15, 2017. The team transformed a 1992 BMW 325 to race condition with minimum funding and maximum ingenuity. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Kenneth LaCivita)
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The Rapid Development Integration Facility on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base worked with the F-22 program office to develop a lock unlock tool for use during missile ejector system maintenance procedures. The collaborative effort expedited tool development and saved over $370K in cost. (U.S. Air Force photo)
AFRL volunteers growing a LEGACY in materials science
LEGACY (Leadership Experience Growing Apprenticeships Committed to Youth) students toured the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate labs as part of the program’s Craftsman camp events. Directorate volunteers participated in the camps this summer to promote youth interest in STEM-related fields. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Small antennas could bring big benefits to the Air Force
Researchers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, along with Northeastern University, developed an ultra-compact antenna smaller than a flea. This innovation could help miniaturize or add greater functionality to many devices used by the warfighter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael McConney)