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Oct. 26, 2023
BETA’s ALIA electric aircraft arrives at Eglin Air Force Base for testing

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – AFWERX Airmen and several local media outlets gathered at Duke Field on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to witness one of the quietest Air Force aircraft flyovers ever. BETA Technologies, an electric aerospace company and AFWERX Prime division partner, made several
July 6, 2023
Beloved former AFRL director honored posthumously for defense manufacturing advocacy

Former Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Director and Vice Commander Dr. David “Dave” E. Walker was honored posthumously by the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel, or JDMTP, at the Defense Manufacturing Conference in Tampa, Florida, in December 2022. The late Walker, a beloved former
June 30, 2022
Brazilian Air Force visits AFRL Information Directorate

The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate hosted a delegation of officer and enlisted leaders from the Brazilian Air Force’s Aerospace Operations Command June 7 at several facilities in Rome, New York.
May 16, 2022
Bunch inducted into Order of the Sword

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., was inducted into the Air Force Materiel Command Order of the Sword at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, May 13, 2022. The Order of the Sword is the highest honor the enlisted force can bestow upon a military officer.
April 23, 2021
B.A.T.M.A.N. team’s support of SBIR project increases combat survival potential

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team, referred to as B.A.T.M.A.N., lent its effort to the Air and Space Forces’ Small Business Innovation Research program to make a few former Airmen’s dreams come true
April 12, 2021
Behind the scenes of AFRL technology deployment—HELWS2

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – Behind the scenes of nearly every military effort is a team of scientists and engineers working to ensure service members are fully equipped to carry out the national defense strategy– and when the Air Force deployed the High Energy Laser Weapons System 2
April 2, 2020
Bring Them Home: USAFSAM trains teams to treat, transport COVID-19 patients

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Medical professionals from the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine are training medics here on the use of the Transport Isolation System to move patients affected by COVID-19 aboard military cargo aircraft.The TIS is an infectious disease containment

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BETA’s ALIA electric aircraft arrives at Eglin Air Force Base for testing

Beloved former AFRL director honored posthumously for defense manufacturing advocacy

Brazilian Air Force visits AFRL Information Directorate

Bunch inducted into Order of the Sword

B.A.T.M.A.N. team’s support of SBIR project increases combat survival potential

Behind the scenes of AFRL technology deployment—HELWS2

Bring Them Home: USAFSAM trains teams to treat, transport COVID-19 patients