WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: The Air Force recently announced the Vanguard Program as part of its transformational science and technology portfolio identified in the 2030 strategy for the next decade. Vanguard programs will rapidly advance emerging weapon systems and warfighting concepts through prototyping and experimentation. With these programs, the Air Force aims to deliver game changing new operational capabilities tha  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Air Force Materiel Command has announced the 2019 AFMC Small Business annual award winners. All of the winners and nominees evidenced a strong commitment to achieving mission needs with innovative small business solutions. The award categories and winners are: Market Research Award: Try-Decide-Buy Team, Human Systems Program Office, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The C-17 Globemaster III aircraft fleet currently uses winch cables made of steel to pull pallets, vehicles and other items onto the aircraft from the ground via the aft ramp. The current steel cable experiences dangerous snapback upon breakage, which can injure personnel and damage aircraft. The synthetic cable eliminates that danger since it does not snap back if it were to fracture. The Air Forc  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Feb. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Dr. Chad Waddington, a native of southern Michigan, grew up in small-town America surrounded by farm fields. He blossomed into a track star while attending Hanover-Horton High School. His running abilities lead him to attend college at Indiana Wesleyan University, where he put his passion for research to use. "I became very interested in physics after reading some of Stephen Hawking's books in high   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: Two senior scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory received the Presidential Rank Award (PRA) for Meritorious Professional Achievements. Dr. Alok Das, the director of AFRL's Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) and Dr. Paul Antonik, the chief scientist for AFRL's Information Directorate, received this honor for their sustained accomplishments, exemplary public service and long-term dedica  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Serving the Air Force both in uniform and as a civilian, Kelley Hill understands the value of diversity in the workplace and how it develops a strong team. The Occupational Safety Manager at the 88th Air Base Wing Safety office, Hill and his team's priorities are to minimize the loss of resources, protect almost 30,000 base personnel from death, injury or occupational illness by managing risks on an  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Using the traditional heart-shaped candy with messages, the 88th Air Base Wing's Family Advocacy Program gave a presentation at the Prairies Youth Center Feb. 13 about teen dating violence, and it provided a perfect example of how different people receive different meanings from a single message. Although most of the children in attendance were under the "dating" age, Beverley Knight-Stukenborg, out  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Flames rose 10-12 feet into the air from the tinder-dried prairie grasses growing on Huffman Prairie across the fence from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. It was just a matter of yards from the wooden replica of the hangar the Wright brothers built to protect some of the first airplanes ever built. Despite the cold wind and the local temperature in the low 20s, the heat caused some of the Air  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: When American Olympian and American-Kenyan U.S. Army veteran Paul Chelimo makes his first-ever visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for the 24th U.S. Air Force Marathon on Sept. 19, it won't be solely for doing what he does so well - running. Instead, Chelimo is scheduled to be the keynote guest speaker during several marathon-related events. Chelimo was the 2016 Olympic silver medalist at 5000   more