Photo by Shawn Monk | 171st Air Refueling Wing | 01.30.2024
Pennsylvania Air National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Robbie Gregor from the 171st Air Refueling Wing gently encourages an emperor penguin to leave an active runway while supporting Operation Deep Freeze at the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Research Center, Antarctica, January, 2024. Operation Deep Freeze involves logistical support for scientific research including astrophysics, aeronomy,......
Photo by Gail L Forbes | Air Force Research Laboratory | 12.07.2023
Dr. Lisa Rueschhoff, a materials research engineer based in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, delivers a presentation on sintering-assisted additive manufacturing techniques at the National Science Foundation’s Designing Materials to Revolutionize Our Future, or DMREF, and AFRL 2023 kickoff meeting at the Wright Brothers Institute in......
Photo by Gail L Forbes | Air Force Research Laboratory | 12.07.2023
Dr. Tod Grusenmeyer, a research chemist in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, shares his research team’s plans to accelerate the transition of new materials from design to deployment in support of the nation’s warfighters over the next four years at the National Science Foundation’s Designing Materials to Revolutionize Our Future, or......
Photo by Gail L Forbes | Air Force Research Laboratory | 12.07.2023
From left: Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Senior Technologist Dr. Ruth Pachter, who currently holds Emeritus status within AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, stands with Dr. John Schlueter, Designing Materials to Revolutionize Our Future, or DMREF program director, and Dr. Richard Vaia, chief scientist in AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the National......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Luna | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 04.28.2023
A crewmember of the Coast Guard Cutter POLAR STAR executes a scuba dive in the frigid waters off McMurdo Station in Antarctica. He was joined by divers from the U.S. Army and the Canadian Navy in determining if the aging cutter, a heavy icebreaker, required repairs. At 399-feet long, it is among the largest cutters operated by the Coast Guard and designed for open-water icebreaking. The......
Photo by Tristan Pavlik | NAVSUP FLC San Diego | 12.16.2022
National Science Foundation truck brings materials to the Motor Vessel Ocean Giant on Dec. 20.
Photo by Senior Airman Dominic Tyler | 56th Fighter Wing | 03.28.2022
U.S. Air Force Maj. Matthew Wimmer, 56th Operations Group flight surgeon, poses for photo in front of an LC-130 aircraft on the flightline of Amundson-Scott South Pole station, Antarctica, in 2021. The LC-130 is equipped with retractable skis that allow the aircraft to land on snow and ice as well as on conventional runways. The U.S. Air Force has provided intercontinental airlift support to......
Photo by Senior Airman Dominic Tyler | 56th Fighter Wing | 03.28.2022
U.S. Air Force Maj. Matthew Wimmer, (far left) 56th Operations Group flight surgeon, poses for group photo with his medical team at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in 2021. The research station is the logistics hub of the U.S. Antarctic Program, established by the National Science Foundation in December 1955. The U.S. Air Force has provided intercontinental airlift support to the National Science......
