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From the battlefield to the football field: Air Force surgeon’s skills knows no bounds

Lt. Col. Valerie Sams, director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, program in Cincinnati, poses for a photo at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Jan. 31, 2023. Sams was the surgeon on call the evening Buffalo Bills’ safety, Damar Hamlin, was admitted when his heart stopped during the game on Jan. 2, 2023. (Courtesy photo by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center)

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AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate hosts annual awards ceremony

Darrell Phillipson, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, or RX, right, congratulates Capt. Khaimook Klooster as she accepts the Military Award for Company Grade Officer of the Year while Master of Ceremonies Dr. Jonathan Spowart, far left, observes at the 70th Annual RX Awards Ceremony at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall, Jan. 27, 2023. The Military Award recognizes the outstanding contributions of military members who demonstrate a daily commitment to excellence in their primary job duties and acknowledges the additional obligations placed upon military by virtue of wearing the uniform. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee).

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AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate hosts annual awards ceremony

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, or RX, Director Darrell Phillipson, far left, and Chief Scientist Dr. Richard Vaia, far right, pose with award recipients, from left to right, Dr. Matthew Dickerson, Dr. Lisa Rueschhoff and Dr. Abigail Juhl at the 70th Annual RX Awards Ceremony Jan. 27, 2022, at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall. The team of Dickerson and Rueschhoff tied with Juhl for the directorate’s most prestigious honor, the Charles J. Cleary Scientific Achievement Award, for the first time in the organization’s history. The Cleary Award acknowledges exemplary research published or accepted for publication, in a recognized, refereed journal. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee).

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Civic Leader Program members

Thirteen members form the Air Force Research Laboratory’s new Civic Leader Program, or AFRL CLP, a group of community leaders who will provide senior leaders with ideas, external feedback and advice. The AFRL CLP is a group of advocates from across the U.S. who advise and collaborate with AFRL leadership and provide connections between civic leader communities and the public. (U.S. Air Force graphic / Patrick Londergan)

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AFRL partners with NASA in CubeSat navigation, communication mission

A sensor experiment named Gridded Retarding Ion Drift Sensor deploys from the International Space Station Dec. 29, 2022. The sensor, developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate is hosted on NASA’s six-unit cube satellite petitSat, or Plasma Enhancements in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere Satellite. PetitSat will study a layer in Earth’s upper atmosphere known as the ionosphere to provide insight on space weather disturbances and their impact on navigation and communication systems. NASA's Heliophysics SPORT CubeSat, also studying the ionosphere, is seen in the top left corner.

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AFWERX Refinery Program postured to address CSAF’s Action Orders, SECAF’s Operational Imperatives

Airmen and Guardians of Refinery cohort 6 gather in Dayton, Ohio, November 9, 2022 to workshop their projects. The AFWERX Refinery four-week accelerator program’s principal objective is to target grassroots efforts and further develop tactical project prototypes that directly aid warfighters and ultimately adopt the right operational capabilities into the larger force. (U.S. Air Force photo / Michael Madero)

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Latest milestone brings NTS-3 Vanguard closer to 2023 launch

Arlen Biersgreen, program manager for Navigation Technology Satellite-3, or NTS-3, uses a 1:3 scale model to describe the spacecraft and details of the one-year experimental mission during the 2022 Media Day June 23, 2022, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The event took place at the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate and Directed Energy Directorate with AFRL leadership and guests in attendance. (U.S. Air Force photo / Andrea Rael)

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Latest milestone brings NTS-3 Vanguard closer to 2023 launch

The Navigation Technology Satellite-3, or NTS-3, spacecraft is shown in an anechoic test chamber prior to electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility testing in Palm Bay, Florida. This experimental satellite is being designed, built and tested by L3Harris Technologies, and will be used by the Air Force Research Laboratory and partner organizations as part of an integrated system to conduct a one-year demonstration of advanced technologies and concepts in satellite navigation. The NTS-3 launch is anticipated in late 2023 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on the first U.S. government flight of the new United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket. (Courtesy Photo)

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Howard University President Dr. Wayne Frederick, left, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall hold a proclamation announcing the partnership of Howard University as an Air Force university affiliated research center during a ceremony at the university in Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall announces the partnership of Howard University as an Air Force university affiliated research center during a ceremony at the university in Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall announces the partnership of Howard University as an Air Force university affiliated research center during a ceremony at the university in Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

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AFRL researcher guest edits prominent scientific journal

The second annual special edition of the prestigious scientific journal Matter, published January 2023, features guest editor and contributors from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and the University of California. Dr. Nick Glavin, AFRL senior materials engineer, and Dr. SungWoo Nam, associate professor at the University of California Irvine, guest-edited the issue, which highlights special reports on the development of a new class of materials known as 2D materials and heterostructures. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL researcher guest edits prominent scientific journal

The second annual special edition of the prestigious scientific journal Matter, published January 2023, features guest editor and contributors from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and the University of California. Dr. Nick Glavin, AFRL senior materials engineer, and Dr. SungWoo Nam, associate professor at the University of California Irvine, guest-edited the issue, which highlights special reports on the development of a new class of materials known as 2D materials and heterostructures. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL researcher guest edits prominent scientific journal

This figure from the article “2D layered materials and heterostructures: Past, present, and a bright future” highlights how 2D-layered materials serve as “building blocks” for engineering properties at the atomic scale. Written by Air Force Research Laboratory researcher Dr. Nick Glavin and University of California Irvine Associate Professor Dr. SungWoo Nam and published in the January 2023 edition of the scientific journal Matter, the article examines the history of 2D-layered materials and outlines a path forward for this class of materials. (Courtesy graphic)

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Then- Senior Airman Jasmine Krapf and Maj. Gen. Sharon R. Bannister

Then- Senior Airman Jasmine Krapf, 60th Surgical Operation Squadron respiratory therapist, right, poses for a photo with Maj. Gen. Sharon R. Bannister, Director, Medical Operations, Office of the Surgeon Air Force Surgeon General during the annual Angels of the Battlefield award ceremony hosted by the Armed Services YMCA in Arlington, Virginia on Nov. 17, 2022. Krapf was recognized for her service while deployed to the Hamid Karzai International Airport during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL infrastructure projects boost readiness, security

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, Information Directorate, completes construction on a new perimeter fence and security entrance facility in Rome, New York, Nov. 1, 2022. AFRL upgraded its security measures with new state-of-the-art controls and facilities to welcome employees and visitors to the site. The new enhancements will secure the nation's premier research organization for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence and cyber technologies. This upgrade is one of many projects at AFRL sites across the U.S. aimed at modernizing infrastructure and strengthening science and technology capabilities for national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo / Albert Santacroce)

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Gina Ortiz Jones, undersecretary of the Air Force, receives a briefing Jan. 9 from Col. Ray Smith, 445th Airlift Wing commander, during her tour of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. It marked one of eight stops during her visit. The 445 AW mission is to attain and maintain operational readiness; provide strategic transport of personnel and equipment; conduct aeromedical evacuation; and recruit and train toward these goals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Hannah Carranza)

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Lt. Gen. Carl Schaefer, Air Force Materiel Command deputy commander, greets Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones on Jan. 9 as she arrives at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Jones toured the 445th Airlift Wing, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, National Security Innovation Capital, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory and Rapid Sustainment Office. She also had lunch with Air Force Institute of Technology students and took part in a reception at the Wright-Patt Club with Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and Dayton Development Coalition members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Hannah Carranza)

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Col. Christopher Meeker (front), 88th Air Base Wing commander, and Lt. Gen. Carl Schaefer, Air Force Materiel Command deputy commander, stand at attention Jan. 9 as the jet carrying Gina Ortiz Jones, undersecretary of the Air Force, arrives at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Jones toured the 445th Airlift Wing, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, National Security Innovation Capital, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory and Rapid Sustainment Office. She also had lunch with Air Force Institute of Technology students and took part in a reception at the Wright-Patt Club with Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and Dayton Development Coalition members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Hannah Carranza)

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