WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 17 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 16, 2021: Air Force Institute of Technology faculty member Dr. Brett Borghetti received the 2021 Air Education and Training Command Civilian Educator of the Year award. Borghetti is an associate professor of computer engineering within AFIT's Graduate School of Engineering and Management. The award recognizes officer, enlisted and civilian faculty members who excel in teaching excellence,  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 16 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 15, 2021: First Lieutenant Ashwin Rao received the best student poster award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy at the 2021 Scientific Exchange conference in Providence, RI. SciX is an international conference for analytical chemistry and spectroscopy researchers organized by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies. Rao is a nuclear engineering doctoral st  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Darrius Parker 88th Air Base Wing The 2022 Air Force Marathon is gearing up for registration on Jan. 1 with the new year arriving. Along with active duty, reservists, and National Guard members, discounts will be also offered to veterans and members of the ROTC. All who qualify will be offered $10 off the full marathon, half marathon, relay, and the Fly! Fight! Win! Challen  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news on Nov. 15, 2021: 15 Nov 1966 (Digital Dir.-Hanscom AFB) NASA's Gemini XII mission, the final flight of that program, ended when astronauts Jim Lovell (of Apollo 13 fame) and Buzz Aldrin (of Apollo 11) splashed down after their 4-day mission. The capsule was the first to be tracked by the EC-135N Apollo/Range Instrumented Aircraft (ARIA) (on 11/12 & 11/14), The ARIAs, contracted & m  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news on Nov. 17, 2021: By Jaima Fogg 88th Air Base Wing National Recycling Day is officially observed each year on Nov. 15, but every day is recycling day for Alan Howell. In the late 1980s, Howell worked on the C-17 program for Air Force Logistics Command. To promote Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's recycling program, the Recycling Operations Center placed a 2,000-pound bundle of   more