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April 6, 2020
USAFSAM continues to train medical students while helping them stay safe

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 2019 novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, has demonstrated the capacity to spread globally. The Department of the Air Force is responding appropriately to protect the health of the force and maintain operational readiness.The best way to prevent illness is to
April 6, 2020
AFRL scientists and engineers recognized by Air Force leadership

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Ten scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory earned accolades as winners of 2019 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Awards. This prestigious honor from the office of the Air Force Chief Scientist Dr. Richard Joseph and
April 6, 2020
AFRL gives warfighters new weapons system

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Research Laboratory has set up the Air Force’s first high-energy laser weapon system overseas for a 12-month field assessment. The Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation (SDPE) Office located here is leading the project.“The
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
April 1, 2020
Air Force lab testing samples of COVID-19

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine’s epidemiology laboratory is the Air Force’s sole clinical reference laboratory, and as such, is testing and processing samples of COVID-19 sent from military treatment facilities around the world.The
March 30, 2020
AFRL, associates improve processes for fabricating aircraft engine inlet ducts

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Aircraft engine inlet ducts provide the engine compressor with a constant supply of air to prevent the compressor from stalling. Since the inlet is directly exposed to the impacting airflow, it must create as little drag as possible. The smallest gap in
March 26, 2020
Patriotic tributes prevail at AFRL's Rome Lab amid COVID-19 concerns

ROME, N.Y. -- While the businesses of New York have reduced to minimal or no manning in an effort to maintain social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic concerns, the patriotic sounds of Reveille will still echo on the Griffiss Tech Park at the Air Force Research Lab's Rome Research Site to
March 23, 2020
AFRL welcomes new Chief Technology Officer

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In his new role as AFRL’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Dr. Timothy Bunning says his main goal is to serve as an ambassador for the scientists and engineers (S&Es) by advocating on their behalf and ensuring they have a corporate voice.“I want to do
March 20, 2020
Air Force researchers developing wearable agent detector to improve aircraft maintainer safety

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - When faced with eminent danger, no one has to think twice about what to do next. Get away from it! But what if you are in a confined space and maybe not even aware of the danger? That’s a very real possibility faced daily by maintenance technicians every time
March 19, 2020
AFRL team selected for Excellence in Tech Transfer Award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A sensory psychologist and technology transfer specialist in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing were selected for a 2020 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer