Oct. 25, 2019 Tinker’s Cuban Missile Crisis connection It was on Oct. 16, 1962, that photographs were revealed to the administration of President John F. Kennedy that the Soviet Union was constructing sites for long- and short-range nuclear missiles in Cuba.This revelation sparked what would become known as the Cuban Missile Crisis and represented some
Oct. 24, 2019 Air Force senior leaders share science and technology perspectives on Lab Life podcast WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Senior leaders from across the Air Force visited the Air Force Research Laboratory’s “Lab Life” podcast booth during the Air Force Association’s Air, Space, and Cyber Conference Sept. 16-18, sharing what the future of science and technology for the service
Oct. 24, 2019 AFMC commander, civic leaders visit Hill AFB Air Force Materiel Command's commander, Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., and 17 community leaders from around the country visited Hill Air Force Base Oct. 21-22, touring facilities and learning more about impactful missions here.
Oct. 24, 2019 AFMC commander, civic leaders visit Hill AFB Air Force Materiel Command's commander, Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., and 17 community leaders from around the country visited Hill Air Force Base Oct. 21-22, touring facilities and learning more about impactful missions here.
Oct. 24, 2019 Visitors encouraged to arrive early for 'Night at the Air Force Museum' on Nov 1 For one evening only, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force visitors will have a unique opportunity to meet military reenactors, Star Wars characters, and zoo animals; view or sit inside a cockpit; experience virtual reality; participate in kids activities; take a simulator ride; check-out a movie,
Oct. 24, 2019 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Developing Space Solar Power Beaming The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, is developing space-based solar power transmission capability using high-efficiency solar cells to collect the sun’s energy, convert it to radio frequency, and beam it to earth.
Oct. 23, 2019 Air Force Demonstrates Rocket Engine Preburner for Advanced Liquid Rocket Engines EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully tested a state-of-the-art rocket engine preburner to elevate the U.S. technology base for high performance oxygen-rich staged combustion.The preburner was designed, developed, and tested under the AFRL Hydrocarbon
Oct. 23, 2019 WWII Army Air Force meteorologist turned material scientist shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 ARLINGTON, Va. – The Air Force Office of Scientific Research congratulates John B. Goodenough, professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, for recently being awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019. The eldest recipient of a Nobel Prize at age 97,
Oct. 23, 2019 Small businesses to make their pitch at inaugural AF Technology Executive Officer Pitch Day WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Wright Brother’s Institute will host the inaugural Air Force Technology Executive Officer Pitch Day Nov. 15 at the Steam Plant and the Wright Brother’s Institute in Dayton from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a business
Oct. 21, 2019 Readiness Challenge returns to reinvigorate mindsets TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- After almost two decades, the civil engineering-focused Readiness Challenge returned Oct. 14-17 in the form of a beta test.The test, held at Silver Flag Exercise Site, Tyndall AFB, Florida, was designed “to reinvigorate the Readiness Challenge piece, instill