airmen photographer — AFRL PHOTOS

Sort By

Category

Show Advanced Options

Clear Filters |

AFRL’s version of Academy Awards to highlight present and past achievements

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Fellows program recognizes outstanding scientists and engineers in three categories: research achievements, technology development and transition achievements, or program and organizational leadership. The 2022 AFRL Fellows are, from left to right, top to bottom: Mr. John Brausch, Dr. Tamara Chelette, Dr. Dale Ferguson, Dr. Joe Mabry, Dr. Richard "Andy" McKinley, Dr. David Mollenhauer, Dr. Jason Parker, Dr. Gregory Reich and Dr. Ashwani Sharma. AFRL will honor these professionals for outstanding career accomplishments, Oct. 12, 2022, from 2:30-4 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (Courtesy photo / U.S. Air Force)

Details Download

EHRM BAMC Tour_ Aug 2022

Students from Angola, Fiji and Nepal tour the San Antonio Military Medical Center, Texas, as part of the Executive Healthcare Resource Management Defense Institute for Medical Operations resident course held August 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo / Joshua Moreno)

Details Download

Col Flores_Peru Malaria and Infectious Disease Management_may 2022

Col. Michelle Flores, director of Defense Institute for Medical Operations, demonstrates a malaria rapid diagnostic test in May 2022, during the Malaria and Other Infectious Disease Threats course held in Lima, Peru. (U.S. Air Force photo / Joshua Moreno,)

Details Download

Civilian Development Academic Year 2023

Air Force Materiel Command civilian Airmen continue to broaden their professional aptitude, with more than 650 individuals selected for Civilian Development program opportunities in Academic Year 23.

Details Download

AFRL commander moderates future of propulsion panel at AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference

Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle moderates a future of propulsion panel Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association’s, Air, Space and Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The panel included Director of AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, Dr. Michael Gregg; Chief of AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division, Dr. Shawn Phillips; and the Director of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, John Sneden. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

Details Download

AFRL commander moderates future of propulsion panel at AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference

From left: Director of AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, Dr. Michael Gregg; Chief of AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division, Dr. Shawn Phillips; and the Director of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, John Sneden, discuss the future of propulsion Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association’s, Air, Space and Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

Details Download

AFRL commander moderates future of propulsion panel at AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference

From left: Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle moderates a future of propulsion panel with Director of AFRL’s Aerospace Systems Directorate, Dr. Michael Gregg; Chief of AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division, Dr. Shawn Phillips; and the Director of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate, John Sneden, Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association’s, Air, Space and Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo / Cherie Cullen)

Details Download

DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

Workers strip and wash the Advanced Electro-Optical System’s primary mirror at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site, Maui, Hawaii, in preparation for a recoat. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the AEOS telescope supports the U.S. Space Force with the nation’s space domain mission to operate freely in space. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

Details Download

DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

The Advanced Electro-Optical System's primary mirror cell, which contains the mirror substrate, moves from its telescope location at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) site, Maui, Hawaii, to the unit's mirror coating facility, where it will undergo a mirror recoating. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the AEOS telescope supports the U.S. Space Force with the nation’s space domain mission to operate freely in space. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

Details Download

DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

The Boeing team poses with the Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS, primary mirror following a recoat at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) site, Maui, Hawaii. This was the second recoat of the mirror since AEOS’s initial installation in 1997. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the 3.6-meter AEOS telescope supports the U.S. Space Force’s space domain awareness mission. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

Details Download

DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

The 3.6-meter, 75-ton Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS. telescope, shown with the mirror recoat team, is the largest optical telescope in the Department of Defense. The mirror received its second recoat since the installation of AEOS at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site in 1997. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and keeping the mirror in prime condition is key to the U.S. Space Force’s space domain awareness mission. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

Details Download

AFRL Sensors Directorate 9/11 memorial stair climb

A firefighter from the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron plants an American flag at the top of the building 620 tower on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 12, 2022, to begin the 9/11 memorial stair climb. The Air Force Research Laboratory held this memorial event to commemorate the victims and first responders of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Courtesy photo)

Details Download

AFWERX releases Autonomy Prime RFI

AFWERX Director Col. Nathan Diller, center, announces Autonomy Prime during AFA Air, Space and Cyber Conference, National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 19, 2022 along with. Maj. Jared Evans, far left, Lt. Col. Thomas Meagher, Lt. Col. Walter McMillan and Ian Clowes, far right. AFWERX will now formally begin industry-facing research to launch this new Prime program focused on the collaborative development of autonomy technologies with industry to accelerate military adoption. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Details Download

Col Matthew Caspers

MATTHEW S. CASPERS, Col, USAF

Details Download

National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence breaks ground in Springfield

Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, delivers remarks on day one of the National Advanced Air Mobility Industry Forum at the Clark State Performing Arts Center Aug. 22, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo / Dennis Stewart)

Details Download

National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence breaks ground in Springfield

Local, state and federal leaders break ground for the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence on day two of the National Advanced Air Mobility Industry Forum at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Aug. 23, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo / Dennis Stewart)

Details Download

National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence breaks ground in Springfield

Helmets and shovels lined up for the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence on day two of the National Advanced Air Mobility Industry Forum at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Aug. 23, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo / Dennis Stewart)

Details Download

Dr. Kerianne Hobbs

Dr. Kerianne Hobbs, a research aerospace engineer and the ACT3 safe autonomy and space lead from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Sensors Directorate, highlighted her work training artificial intelligence systems to safely and autonomously navigate spacecraft during AFRL Inspire. AFRL hosted this special TEDx-style event at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Aug. 23, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo / Shelley St. Augustine)

Details Download

Air Force executes first in-flight Next Generation Aircrew Protection test in F-15E Strike Eagle

Analysts from the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing use the orange spray carts displayed to insert oil of wintergreen into the idling F-15E Strike Eagle prior to taxi at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 16, 2022. This test is part of a larger Department of Defense effort to evaluate cockpit environmental conditions after a chemical weapon attack (U.S. Air Force photo by Ilka Cole)

Details Download

Air Force executes first in-flight Next Generation Aircrew Protection test in F-15E Strike Eagle

Analysts from the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing use the orange spray carts displayed to insert oil of wintergreen into the idling F-15E Strike Eagle prior to taxi at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 16, 2022. This test is part of a larger Department of Defense effort to evaluate cockpit environmental conditions after a chemical weapon attack (U.S. Air Force photo by Ilka Cole)

Details Download