WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news on May 26: The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate celebrates the tenth anniversary of the X-51A's longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight, May 26, 2020. The flight, which occurred off the coast of California in 2010, highlighted the increasing capabilities of hypersonic technology. Hypersonic flight, typically defined as begin  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory issued the following news: Through a partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force Special Operations Command successfully released simulated palletized munitions, Jan. 28, 2020, from an MC-130J, a multi-mission, combat, transport and special operations tanker, in three airdrops at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. This successful Phase I operational demonstration represents a milestone in executing a p  more

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, South Carolina, May 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: As the giant C-17 Globemaster III from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, parked in its designated spot here, a half-dozen Reservists assigned to the 315th Aerospace Medicine Squadron from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., emerged from the aircraft to a heartfelt "welcome home" from family and fellow team members today, after responding to the call for medical personnel in New York City  more