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  • Energy competition moving forward at Hanscom

    It's been three months since Hanscom's Energy Reduction Competition kicked off, and officials are already encouraged. The campaign, which began in January 2011, aims to promote an energy culture change and reduce consumption across the base. "The real purpose of the competition is to promote energy

  • New baler reduces cost, time to improve AEDC's recycling capability

    The Mission Support Division here acquired a new major asset last summer -- a state-of-the-art baler that will process approximately 2,000 pounds of recyclable materials, including paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and aluminum cans, every 20 minutes.Robbie Evans, the base services lead at Arnold's

  • F-22 completes synthetic biofuel flight test

    An F-22 Raptor completed a test flight March 18, 2011, on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and a hydrotreated renewable jet fuel, HRJ. This flight test marked the first time this type of biofuel has been used in a fifth-generation fighter like the F-22.The flight was the

  • Tinker wing's transformation to save money, energy

    The 76th Maintenance Wing is accelerating energy-conservation transformational efforts. Officials said the results could save the wing 5 to 20 percent in energy usage.The wing recently authorized the installation of 135 advanced electric, steam and water meters around its facilities. Installation is

  • Restoration officials recycle bombs, save money

    Environmental restoration officials here are shredding their way through 50,000 practice bombs.So far, they have recycled more than 1 million pounds of metal from the BDU 33 and Mark 106 bombs.The effort is part of the Air Force's military munitions response program.The mission of the MMRP is to

  • Commentary: Wright-Patt leading many alternative-energy efforts

    The Air Force is at the forefront of many Department of Defense energy initiatives.Most are either happening, or are managed, right here at Wright-Patterson AFB. The Air Force Materiel Command oversees the development and testing of alternative fuels for Air Force aircraft.We are seeking more

  • Robins officials examine green waste disposal technology

    Base officials and engineers here are currently conducting a feasibility study of plasma arc technology to analyze the offerings of environmentally safe measures for waste disposal. "The process can take nearly any material and convert it to energy," said Judith Middlebrooks, an engineer in the base

  • Kirtland solar thermal system goes operational

    Col. Robert Maness, 377th Air Base Wing commander, and other officials here cut the ribbon Dec. 3, 2010, on a new solar thermal system at the aquatic training facility.Made up of 72-solar collectors, the array is Kirtland's first active solar thermal system, which uses sunlight to capture and

  • AEDC earns command-level environmental award

    As a major environmental cleanup project at Arnold Engineering Development Center starts to wind down, the work being done to restore the environment here is getting some prestigious recognition.The base recently earned the Air Force Gen. Thomas D. White Environmental Restoration Program Award for

  • Clean, low-energy solutions sought for mammoth program

    Ongoing technical and cost analyses could lead program officials to seek a mixture of alternative energy sources to fuel the next generation of massive ground-based radars that will track space objects and debris.Last month, the Electronic Systems Center here released a Request for Proposal