WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 23 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Stacey Geiger To have an agile Air Force, Airmen readiness is paramount and a new revolutionary education hub that can deliver the most current, relevant and interactive training just might be the way of the future for the warfighter. "Created as a research project at the Air Force Institute of Technology, the genesis of the educational hub was born in 2017 at the Air Force  more

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Missouri, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force (509th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Kayla White Members of the 509th Maintenance Squadron tested five Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units to evaluate potential new cooling options for the B-2 Spirit. Barbara Douglas, a civilian employee assigned to the Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command B-2 system program office, functioned as the program manager for the project. The B-2's current ground HVAC  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 23 -- The Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate issued the following news: By Alexa Low In January 2016, researchers from AFRL started focusing on the ability to 3D-print parts for the Air Force, specifically polymer architectures that can replace heavier and complex metal parts currently used in low cost aircraft or on jet engines. The standard, conventional parts for Air Force applications used today are mostly ma  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Brian Brackens The Air Force Uniform Office has begun surveying female Airmen to collect feedback on Air Force maternity uniform items. All Air Force women will receive an email message from the Air Force Survey Office with a unique link inviting them to take the survey. To determine who should take the full survey, the Uniform Office is asking participants to respond to the first survey questio  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 23 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Stacey Geiger With less than two months to go, as Staff Sgt. Kyle Hipol continues to train for his first marathon at the Air Force Marathon on Sept. 21, he is discovering that he is becoming not only stronger physically but also mentally. Since his training began in April, Hipol's initial concerns were finding the time to commit to training along with what mental and physic  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 22 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Gina Marie Giardina Col. Theresa Goodman assumed command of the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine in a Change of Command ceremony July 19 in the atrium of the schoolhouse here. "The ceaseless efforts at USAFSAM to improve how we care for and protect our Airmen, and return them to fight faster and stronger is awe-inspiring," said Goodman. "Over the last 100 years, personnel hav  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Will Huntington The third quarter week-long, base-wide exercise begins July 29 and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel will once again be called upon to respond to a variety of emergency scenarios. Included in the week's events is a search and recovery exercise and force protection condition changes. During the exercise, alert sirens could be sounded and may be audible  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, July 23 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By W. Eugene Barnett The Trans-Pacific flight had been regularly requested by 1st Lt. Lester J. Maitland of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Air. On February 25, 1927 Maitland wrote a letter to 1st Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger, chief of the Instrument and Navigation Branch at McCook Field in Dayton Ohio. Maitland spoke to Hegenberger about being turned down every ti  more