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Sept. 9, 2020
58th TRS ‘Monster Garage’ meets challenges with innovation

Suppose your organization is tasked with training 1,500 special mission aviation students a year, from multiple major commands, to perform their operational functions. Their academic phase of training needs to be realistic, and it should not tie up the limited number of flyable aircraft available to
Sept. 8, 2020
Air Force Research Laboratory tracks Sporadic E

Researchers at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in New Mexico, have discovered a new way to track and characterize a phenomenon called “Sporadic E” naturally occurring in the upper atmosphere, where large structures of dense plasma form.
Sept. 4, 2020
58th Operations Group officer to receive General ‘Dutch’ Huyser Award

An officer assigned to the 58th Operations Group at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., will receive the 2019 General Robert “Dutch” Huyser Outstanding Aircrew Member Award in the navigator category, recognizing sustained achievement in aviation.
Sept. 3, 2020
AFRL announces two new space flight experiments

The Director of the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Col. Eric Felt, announced that the two winning concepts are Precise and CHPS, or the Cislunar Highway Patrol System.
Sept. 1, 2020
AFRL's Satellite Assessment Center celebrates 30 years of service to Nation

“Access to space is essential to U.S. prosperity and security — it is a national imperative,” states the United States Space Force (USSF) recently released “Space Capstone Publication, Spacepower Doctrine for Space Forces.” On Aug. 17, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Satellite
Aug. 31, 2020
AFRL NM STEM Academy “HOPES- Mission to Mars” is going virtual

The Air Force Research Laboratory New Mexico STEM Academy will be hosting its second virtual “Mission to Mars” for 5th grade students. Students are invited to participate in five months of activities, centered on planning a simulated manned-mission to Mars.
Aug. 26, 2020
AFRL and University of Alaska Fairbanks sign strategic education partnership agreement

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) are pleased to announce they have signed a five-year Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) that will enable scientific collaboration
Aug. 12, 2020
AFRL officer sees Space as his future

First Lieutenant Jacob “Jake” Lutz will soon complete a successful assignment with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, and will be on his way to RAF Mildenhall, located about 75 miles outside of London, for his next duty.
Aug. 4, 2020
Air Force Research Laboratory breaks ground on new Directed Energy facility

The Air Force Research Laboratory broke ground Monday, on a new 10,000 sq. ft. facility addition, to study and advance Directed Energy capabilities for the U.S. Warfighter.
Aug. 4, 2020
Diamond Sharp Award winner; June 2020

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Yvonne Reza (left), 58th Special Operations Wing, Small Computers, client systems technician, accepts the June 2020 Diamond Sharp Award from Master Sgt. Marcos Silva, 58th SOW first sergeant, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, August 3, 2020. Reza was recognized

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