WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: In partnership with industry, a team of Air Force Research Laboratory/Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) personnel are developing the capability to accelerate certification of advanced manufactured composite structures. Creating a new materials characterization subfacility, known as the Materials Solutions Network, will drive composite manufacturing into a  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: A civilian Airman began upgrading 18 aircraft de-icing trucks with anchor points to enhance the safety of 673rd Logistics Readiness Squadron heavy mobile equipment mechanics at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Jan. 22. These trucks are used to remove ice and snow prior to aircraft takeoff. During the trucks' regularly-scheduled maintenance and times requiring immediate attention, heavy-vehicle mec  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: February is Black History Month and Wright-Patterson AFB is recognizing the services and sacrifices made by African Americans throughout the month. In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in 1915, initiated the celebration of the first Negro History Week, which corresponded with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Linc  more