Courtesy Story | Air Force Medical Service | 08.26.2025
In a simulated drone-attack scenario at Fort Detrick, Maryland, medics moved quickly - recording vital signs, injuries, and treatments on a tablet before transferring the data with a single scan. The process took seconds, but the implications were far-reaching....
Courtesy Story | Air Force Research Laboratory | 08.12.2025
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) launches the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) Vanguard on the USSF-106 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Aug. 12, 2025. NTS-3 is a payload for the first U.S. national security launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket....
Story by Jessie L Perkins | Air Force Research Laboratory | 07.28.2025
Col. Richard R. Beckman assumed command as director of the Space Vehicles Directorate and commander of the Phillips Research Site, Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, July 15, 2025....
Story by Whitney J Wetsig | Air Force Research Laboratory | 05.27.2025
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for the new Research Environmental Chamber (REC), May 27, 2025. The capability, part of AFRL’s Human Effectiveness Directorate, facilitates equipment and human performance evaluations with control over environmental extremes as well as close observation of subjects....
Story by Whitney J Wetsig | Air Force Research Laboratory | 05.07.2025
A new partnership between the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, or USAFSAM, a mission unit within the Air Force Research Laboratory, and Purdue University will expand educational opportunities for Airmen and Guardians and provide added mission flexibility. The new opportunities involve Purdue’s Master of Public Health, or MPH, program and the school’s ability to grant college......
Story by Laren Vance Fleming | U. S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory | 04.11.2025
U. S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory - USAARL (Official) hosted its 8th Annual Human Center of Gravity, or H-COG, Symposium to share human-focused knowledge and discuss research over the three-day event....
Story by Michelle Gigante | 96th Test Wing | 03.12.2025
A select group of Team Eglin Airmen gathered at the Emerald Spark Incubator March 10-14 to collaborate in the first-ever Combat Innovation Cohort. The workshop brought together Airmen from diverse technical backgrounds, focusing on ways to enhance their expertise in computer-aided design, 3D printing, electronics, and rapid prototyping....
Story by Paul Robinson | Air Force Research Laboratory | 12.17.2024
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, building here. FORTRESS, a Space Vehicles Directorate facility, will primarily be used to develop technical solutions for electronic components used in Space Force and......
