May 17, 2024 Local 5th graders see the Raptor up-close In partnership with STARBASE, the 411th Flight Test Squadron hosted 35 students for an opportunity of a lifetime. They were to experience a flight simulator followed by a tour of the F-22 Raptor, the most advanced and sophisticated fighter jet in the world.
June 30, 2022 AFRL continues to transform human capital management In fall 2021, the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, released its Human Capital Strategy 2021-2030 along with an action plan to achieve the strategy’s goals, embrace the future of work, address workforce expectations and posture the workforce to deliver on the mission of the Lab. In the last
May 3, 2022 AFRL to go ‘Full Throttle’ with Dayton STEM during vehicle, drone event for local students The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Gaming Research Integration for Learning Lab (GRILL) is scheduled to host Full Throttle STEM events May 10 at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, and May 12 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
April 18, 2022 Outreach program inspires students to pursue Air Force STEM careers With Hill Air Force Base needing to hire hundreds of science, technology, engineering and math professionals each year, the STEM outreach office here is inspiring the next generation of STEM professionals by encouraging STEM learning through its education and mentoring programs.
April 13, 2022 AFRL to highlight innovative weapons, UAS technology and AFWERX at AUVSI XPONENTIAL The Air Force Research Laboratory will showcase programs and technologies in several areas including weapons and unmanned aerial systems, plus avenues for sharing ideas or capabilities with the lab during the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) XPONENTIAL in Orlando,
June 7, 2019 Using robots to build better kids WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Engineering, innovation and the ability to overcome challenges were just some of the skills learned by a recent winning FIRST Tech Challenge middle school team mentored by an Air Force Life Cycle Management Center engineer at the FIRST Championship event,
May 23, 2019 Tinker collaborates with local high school to 3D print assistive devices Debra Hogue with the 556th Software Maintenance Squadron was looking for different opportunities for her interns when she learned about a project the robotics team at Mount St. Mary Catholic High School in Oklahoma City is involved in.Hogue’s friend, Magi Whitaker, teaches in the science department
May 17, 2019 Local students showcase STEM projects at AFRL event ROSSBURG, Ohio – Approximately 130 students and teachers from nine local schools participated in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 7th annual Full Throttle STEM at Eldora Speedway May 14. Wearing t-shirts coded with school pride, the students, who ranged in age from 9 to 18, strode into the
May 14, 2019 'The C-130 Experience' takes flight at the Hill Aerospace Museum The Hill Aerospace Museum has completed the first of its kind, conversion of a C-130 aircraft fuselage into an interactive classroom. The C-130 is the museum’s fifth learning center classroom and was officially opened during a ceremony May 14.