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Air Force Research Laboratory welcomes new commander

Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, left, stands beside new Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, commander Brig. Gen. Jason E. Bartolomei, middle, and outgoing AFRL commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain, right, at an AFRL change of command ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, July 10, 2024. As AFRL’s newest commander, Bartolomei now oversees more than 12,500 Airmen, Space Force Guardians, Pentagon civilians and contractors. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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Air Force Research Laboratory welcomes new commander

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Brig. Gen. Jason E. Bartolomei addresses a crowd of family, friends and colleagues at a change of command ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, July 10, 2024, immediately following his assumption of duties. “I believe the mission of AFRL has never been more critical,” Bartolomei said. “The future of the fight depends on our innovations, technical wizardry, and our role to support and integrate within the air and space domains. Like the past, our success depends on the brilliant, patriotic, hardworking, faithful men and women from all ranks and all walks of life banding together to deliver game-changing technology.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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Air Force Research Laboratory welcomes new commander

Outgoing Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain, middle, offers a final salute to Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, left, before relinquishing command of AFRL to Brig. Gen. Jason E. Bartolomei, right, at a change of command ceremony held at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, July 10, 2024. Cain will assume command of the Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California on July 30. “[This move] in particular is a tough one because this community has been so good to us,” Cain said. “It’s been an honor to lead AFRL and absolutely a highlight of my career.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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Air Force Research Laboratory welcomes new commander

Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, addresses a crowd at the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Change of Command Ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, July 10, 2024. Brig. Gen. Jason E. Bartolomei assumed command of AFRL at the ceremony, taking the reins from outgoing commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain, who served since June 2023. Bartolomei holds a PhD in Engineering Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as a Master’s Certificate in Legislative Studies from Georgetown University. Prior to that, Bartolomei earned his Master of Science degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2001. “He knows how to synthesize information, he’s an optimist, he sees possibilities where others don’t,” Richardson said of Bartolomei. “He’s just a great human being.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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Air Force Research Laboratory welcomes new commander

Brig. Gen Jason E. Bartolomei, middle, assumes command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, in a change of command ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, July 10, 2024 from Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, left, as outgoing AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain, right, observes. As AFRL’s newest commander, Bartolomei now oversees more than 12,500 Airmen, Space Force Guardians, Pentagon civilians and contractors. Prior to assuming command of AFRL, Bartolomei served as the Program Executive Officer for Weapons and Director of the Armament Directorate at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, or AFLCMC, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He took the reins from Cain, who served as AFRL’s commander since June 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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AFRL Munitions Directorate fuels ‘Engine to Accelerate’ with induction of new commander

Col. Matthew Caspers assumes command of the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate June 28, 2024, at a change of command ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. AFRL Commander Gen. Scott A. Cain officially inducted Caspers as the directorate’s new commander and director. “Right now, my top priority is getting to know the organization and the people doing the amazing work here at RW,” Caspers said. (Courtesy photo / Brian Mitchell)

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AFRL, University of Texas – Arlington collaboration yields break-through in thin film technology

From left: University of Texas in Arlington, or UT Arlington, team members Dr. Stathis Meletis, Dr. Jiechao Jiang, Enrique Ramirez, Dr. Joseph Ngai and Nonso Martin Chetuya gather for a photo at UT Arlington May 16, 2024 to celebrate the successful conclusion to a collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Sensors Directorate. The collaboration was made possible through the Minority Leaders Research Collaboration Program and resulted in a significant breakthrough in the development of thin film technology, as a potential lower-cost alternative to be used in infrared light detection. (Courtesy photo / Dr. Yi Shen)

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AFRL opens International Center at Rice University

Representatives from the Air Force Research Laboratory and Rice University in Houston, Texas, break for lunch during the kick-off meeting for the new International Research Innovation in Nanotechnology Center, May 9, 2024. The center is part of collaborative effort between the Air Force Research Laboratory, Rice University, India’s Defense Research Development Organization and the Indian Institute of Technology that seeks to strengthen U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with India as well as increase availability of rare nanomaterials technology. (Courtesy photo / Vinod Veedu)

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AFRL opens International Center at Rice University

Dr. Sohini Bhattacharyya, second from left, a postdoctoral research associate at Rice University’s Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, discusses research activity on the processing approaches for two-dimensional nano-materials growth with researchers and students May 9, 2024, at the new International Research Innovation in Nanotechnology, or RISING Center at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The RISING Center, which opened May 9, 2024, is part of collaborative effort between the Air Force Research Laboratory, Rice University, India’s Defense Research Development Organization and the Indian Institute of Technology that seeks to strengthen U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with India, as well as increase availability of rare nanomaterials technology. (Courtesy photo / Becca Zietler)

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Official potrait

This is the official portrait of Erin N. Pettyjohn.

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AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes 39th USAFSAM commander

Col. (Dr.) Richard O. Speakman, right, assumes command of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, in a formal change of command ceremony with 711th Human Performance Wing, or 711HPW, Commander Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Robert K. Bogart, left, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 2, 2024. USAFSAM, the premier institute for education and worldwide consultation in Aerospace and Operational Medicine, is one of two mission units that comprises the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711HPW. Prior to assuming command of USAFSAM, Speakman served as the commander and Military Treatment Facility director of the 71st Medical Group at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where he oversaw the execution of a $6.1 million budget and provision of health care and preventive health services for the 71st Flying Training Wing, Undergraduate Pilot Training students and 3,900 Vance Air Force Base community beneficiaries. (U.S. Air Force photo / Rick Eldridge)

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AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes 39th USAFSAM commander

711th Human Performance Wing Commander Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Robert K. Bogart, far left, applauds as Col. (Dr.) Richard O. Speakman, middle, is formally announced as the Commander of the United States School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, at a Change of Command ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 3, 2024, while outgoing USAFSAM Commander Col. (Dr.) Tory Woodard, right, stands alongside Speakman to signify his relinquishment of duty as USAFSAM Commander. “You are taking over an incredible organization filled with extraordinary talents and dedication across the range of military, civilian and support personnel,” Woodard said to Speakman at the ceremony. “You're the perfect person to take this position; I know you’ll do well.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Rick Eldridge)

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AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes 39th USAFSAM commander

United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, Commander Col. (Dr.) Richard O. Speakman addresses a crowd of family, friends and colleagues at a Change of Command ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 2, 2024, immediately following his assumption of duties as commander. “At this schoolhouse . . . we will research, we will educate and we will consult and lead the Air Force with integrated operational medical capability development,” Speakman said. “We will dream more. We will learn more, do more and, finally, become more together. It’s my promise to you,” he added. (U.S. Air Force photo / Rick Eldridge)

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AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes 39th USAFSAM commander

Col. (Dr.) Richard O. Speakman, center, assumes command of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, in a formal change of command ceremony with 711th Human Performance Wing Commander Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Robert K. Bogart, left, as outgoing USAFSAM Commander Col. (Dr.) Tory Woodard, right, looks on at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 2, 2024. Speakman took the reins from Woodard, who has served as USAFSAM’s commander since July 2021 and will serve next as deputy command surgeon for the Air Force Materiel Command. “Colonel Speakman, you are taking command of an incredibly unique, complex, operationally engaged and extremely relevant organization,” Bogart said at the ceremony. “I know that you will do an incredible job leading USAFSAM.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Rick Eldridge)

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AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes 39th USAFSAM commander

711th Human Performance Wing Commander Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Robert K. Bogart addresses a crowd of friends, family, colleagues, enlisted military and civilians at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, Change of Command Ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 2, 2024, while outgoing USAFSAM Commander Col. (Dr.) Tory Woodard and incoming USAFSAM Commander Col. (Dr.) Richard O. Speakman observe. Speakman took the reins from Woodard, who has served as USAFSAM’s Commander since 2021. Speakman, a medical doctor and chief flight surgeon who has logged more than 775 flight hours — including 147 combat hours — in 16 different aircraft, was commissioned into the Air Force in 2002. He graduated medical school in 2006, after which he completed residencies in family and aerospace medicines and obtained a Master of Public Health degree. “You are a proven leader and I know you will continue this at USAFSAM as you further it on its journey; your skills are needed,” Bogart said to Speakman at the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo / Rick Eldridge)

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AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing welcomes 39th USAFSAM commander

United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, Commander Col. (Dr.) Richard O. Speakman stands for a family photo with his spouse and four children shortly after assuming official command of USAFSAM at a ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 2, 2024. In his first remarks as USAFSAM’s newest commander, Speakman thanked his family for their support, service and patriotism. “There is a cost to service,” Speakman said, addressing his family, “and I don't forget that, together, we serve as Team Speakman.” (U.S. Air Force photo / Rick Eldridge)

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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge competitors gather for a group photo with their program manager, team mentors and other supporting staff at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. Nineteen individuals representing eight of AFRL’s technical and functional directorates, the 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have been selected to serve on one of two teams in response to AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s competition to develop low-cost solutions to counter and defeat slow-moving, high-altitude balloons. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes)

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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

A group of 2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge competitors from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., gather for a team photo at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. The seven competitors and their three mentors, representing AFRL’s Directed Energy and Munitions directorates, answered AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s competition. With just six months and a $75,000 budget, the Eglin-Kirtland team will develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets. They will face off with a Wright-Patterson Air Force Base-based team in a final competition in December, where they will demonstrate and test their proposed solutions before a panel of judges. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes)

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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

A group of 2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge competitors from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, gather for a team photo at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. The team, consisting of seven competitors and two mentors, represents AFRL’s Aerospace Systems, Headquarters, Materials and Manufacturing, Plans and Programs and Sensors directorates, AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and answered AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s Commander’s Challenge competition. With just six months and a $75,000 budget, the Wright-Patterson team will develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets. They will face off with a team of friendly rivals from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., in a final competition in December, where both teams will demonstrate and test their proposed solutions before a panel of judges. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes)

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AFRL Commander’s Challenge kicks off; 2 teams entrusted to deliver low-cost solutions by year’s end

Four 2024 Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander’s Challenge team members from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, work together to complete an innovation design brainstorming exercise in a breakout room at a kickoff event held at the Wright Brothers Institute in Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 2024. The Wright-Patterson-based team, representing multiple AFRL directorates and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, answered AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Scott A. Cain’s March 2024 call for contenders in this year’s competition to develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter and defeat slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets. (U.S. Air Force photo / Gail L. Forbes).

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