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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)

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AFRL, ABL Space Systems demonstrate rapid operation of launch systems

In 2021, The Air Force Research Laboratory and ABL Space Systems partnered with operators from the 2nd Space Launch Squadron and 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California to demonstrate how launch systems can be operated rapidly by small teams from nontraditional sites. AFWERX, part of AFRL, brought together players from across the national security space enterprise for this rapid rocket launch concept of operations demonstration. The complete test campaign, from training to full operations with cryogenic rocket propellants, validated the strong training base and capability of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force active-duty personnel in conducting liquid rocket CONOPS and fielding of novel deployable systems. (Courtesy photo / ABL Space Systems)

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AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate appoints new director

Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle presents Mr. Darrell Phillipson with the Meritorious Civilian Service Award.

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National radiation electronics expert brings value to AFRL Space program

Dr. Robert Pugh receives the 2022 Peter Haas Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology award for superior achievement from Dr. Sarah Armstrong, the President of the HEART Society, at the 2022 HEART Conference held in March at Tarrytown, New York. (Courtesy photo)

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Today’s space domain awareness just got better as new AFRL Space lab opens

Todd Parris, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Geospace Environment Impacts and Applications Branch chief, speaks to a gathering crowd during the AFRL Skywave Technology Lab ribbon cutting ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 11, 2022. After the ceremony, Parris led a guided tour of the new lab.

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Today’s space domain awareness just got better as new AFRL Space lab opens

U.S. Space Force Col. Eric Felt, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate director and presiding official; and Todd Parris, AFRL Geospace Environment Impacts and Applications Branch chief, cut a ribbon during the AFRL Skywave Technology Lab ribbon cutting ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, April 11, 2022, as AFRL team members and other participants look on. The facility will support the understanding of radio wave, also called skywave, disturbances as AFRL studies their propagation in the atmosphere.

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Today’s space domain awareness just got better as new AFRL Space lab opens

Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon cutting ceremony April 11, 2022, to open its Skywave Technology Lab located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The facility will support the understanding of radio wave, also called skywave, disturbances as AFRL studies their propagation in the atmosphere. One of the lab’s two testing platforms is seen on the left.

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AFRL leaders, Kettering Health network celebrate new Enlisted Critical Care Training Center at Soin Medical Center

Master Sgt. Amanda Orvis, right, superintendent, Enlisted Critical Care Course (EECC), U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine; and Maj. Kyle Perry, center, chief of enlisted critical care division, USAFSAM, give officials, including Col. Tory Woodard, left-center, commander, USAFSAM, a tour of the new training space during the official opening of the EECC at the Soin Medical Center April 13, 2022, in Beavercreek, Ohio. USAFSAM is one of two mission units in the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). AFRL and Kettering Health Network partnered to create a training wing at Soin Medical Center, which allows the Air Force to received training as critical care technicians and also give back to the community. There are 10 courses in a year with 10 technicians each, and the four-week course provides didactics, lectures, simulations and real-patient care. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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AFRL leaders, Kettering Health network celebrate new Enlisted Critical Care Training Center at Soin Medical Center

Col. Tory Woodard, center, commander, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, helps to reveal the new sign distinguishing the official opening of the Enlisted Critical Care Course (EECC) at the Soin Medical Center April 13, 2022, in Beavercreek, Ohio. USAFSAM is one of two mission units in the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). AFRL and Kettering Health Network partnered to create a training wing at Soin Medical Center, which allows the Air Force to received training as critical care technicians and also give back to the community. There are 10 courses in a year with 10 technicians each, and the four-week course provides didactics, lectures, simulations and real-patient care. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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AFRL leaders, Kettering Health network celebrate new Enlisted Critical Care Training Center at Soin Medical Center

Col. Tory Woodard, center, commander, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, makes a speech during the official opening of the Enlisted Critical Care Course (EECC) at the Soin Medical Center April 13, 2022, in Beavercreek, Ohio. USAFSAM is one of two mission units in the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). AFRL and Kettering Health Network partnered to create a training wing at Soin Medical Center, which allows the Air Force to received training as critical care technicians and also give back to the community. There are 10 courses in a year with 10 technicians each, and the four-week course provides didactics, lectures, simulations and real-patient care. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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AFRL establishes one-stop shop for partnerships

Col. Tory Woodard, center, commander, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, talks to Erik Christensen, right, director of business operations and military affairs, Soin Medical Center; and Daniel Tryon, president of Soin Medical Center and Kettering Health Greene Memorial, during the official opening of the Enlisted Critical Care Course at the Soin Medical Center April 13, 2022, in Beavercreek, Ohio. USAFSAM is one of two mission units in the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL. AFRL and Kettering Health Network partnered to create a training wing at Soin Medical Center. AFRL stood up a new Strategic Partnering Directorate, or AFRL/SP, to better achieve the Department of the Air Force’s mission and vision of collaborative science and technology partnerships. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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AFRL leaders, Kettering Health network celebrate new Enlisted Critical Care Training Center at Soin Medical Center

Master Sgt. Amanda Orvis, left, superintendent, Enlisted Critical Care Course (EECC), U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine; and Maj. Kyle Perry, chief of enlisted critical care division, USAFSAM, listen to speeches during the official opening of the EECC at the Soin Medical Center April 13, 2022, in Beavercreek, Ohio. USAFSAM is one of two mission units in the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). AFRL and Kettering Health Network partnered together to open this site. The site is one of six external USAFSAM sites, but this one is the first-ever of its kind. Partnering with the Kettering Health Network to create a training wing at Soin Medical Center allows the Air Force to received training as critical care technicians and also give back to the community. There are 10 courses in a year with 10 technicians each, and the four-week course provides didactics, lectures, simulations and real-patient care. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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A Force for Good: Department of the Air Force Humanitarian Missions

Tech. Sgt. Robert Van Aken and Capt. Alicia Houston, both instructors at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, stand in front of the Transport Isolation System (TIS) during the grand opening celebration of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s newest permanent exhibit, “A Force for Good: Department of the Air Force Humanitarian Missions,” April 9. (U.S. Air Force photo / Michele Miller)

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TAW prototype B

Maj. Kevin Smith, trauma nurse, 130th Medical Group, Charleston, West Virginia, Air National Guard; and Maj. Danielle Betz, emergency physician, 48th Medical Group, RAF Lakenheath, U.K. set up prototype B of the of the tactical anesthesia workstation (TAW), for the first time April 8, 2022, during a Ground Surgical Team (GST), training course at U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Maj. Thomas Heering, an austere anesthesia cadre for the GST, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, submitted the TAW idea to Spark Tank in 2021, and the idea moved forward with a team of engineers in the rapid prototyping cell (RPC). The RPC team developed the three prototypes for testing beginning in January 2022, and have since narrowed it down to one winning prototype. The team with push the recommended prototype to the GST pilot group for further deliberation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Aleah Castrejon)

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TAW prototype before photo

A field-type operating room depicts what it is like to work on a Ground Surgical Team (GST), with the manikin up off the ground and the GST’s equipment on the ground. In an effort to make the field environment more efficient for providers, Maj. Thomas Heering, an austere anesthesia cadre for the GST, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, submitted the tactical anesthesia workstation (TAW), idea to Spark Tank in 2021, and the idea moved forward with a team of engineers in the rapid prototyping cell (RPC). The RPC team developed the three prototypes for testing beginning in January 2022, and have since narrowed it down to one overall TAW winner. The team with push the recommended winner to the GST pilot group for further deliberation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Thomas Heering)

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TAW prototype A

Maj. Adam Faltersack, an anesthesia element chief, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, uses prototype A of the tactical anesthesia workstation, or TAW, April 8, 2022, during a Ground Surgical Team, or GST, training course at U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Maj. Thomas Heering, an austere anesthesia cadre for the GST, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, submitted the TAW idea to Spark Tank in 2021, and the idea moved forward with a team of engineers in the rapid prototyping cell, or RPC. The RPC team developed the three prototypes for testing beginning in January 2022, and have since narrowed it down to one winning prototype. The team will push the recommended prototype to the GST pilot group for further deliberation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Aleah Castrjon)

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TAW prototype A

Maj. Thomas Heering, left, an austere anesthesia cadre for the GST, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, helps Maj. Adam Faltersack, an anesthesia element chief, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, set up prototype A of the tactical anesthesia workstation (TAW), for the first time April 8, 2022, during a Ground Surgical Team (GST), training course at U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Heering submitted the TAW idea to Spark Tank in 2021, and the idea moved forward with a team of engineers in the rapid prototyping cell (RPC). The RPC team developed the three prototypes for testing beginning in January 2022, and have since narrowed it down to one winning prototype. The team with push the recommended prototype to the GST pilot group for further deliberation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Aleah Castrejon)

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USAFSAM course concludes with successful radiation assessment field exercise

Master Sgt. Mark Olsen, NCOIC for the survey team, overlays radiation measurements for hazard area monitoring during a field exercise in March 2022 at the Warfighter Training Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. This exercise is part of the Air Force Radiation Assessment Team basic course at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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USAFSAM course concludes with successful radiation assessment field exercise

The USAF School of Aerospace Medicine’s Air Force Radiation Assessment Team, or AFRAT, completed a three-day training with 37 students in March 2022, culminating in a field exercise at the Warfighter Training Facility. This AFRAT basic course builds a foundation of radiation competency, which prepares Airmen to provide a rapid global response in support of nuclear or radiological incidents. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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USAFSAM course concludes with successful radiation assessment field exercise

Students attending the Air Force Radiation Assessment Team (AFRAT) basic course at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine practice procedures to measure radiological contamination during a field exercise in March 2022 at the Warfighter Training Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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