Members of team Robins Defenders from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., begin the setup process of their water cannon and additional equipment, during the setup day for the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commande More
Scott Kratochvil and Charles Martinez from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., discuss a team strategy inside their team trailer during the setup phase of the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge More
Scott Kratochvil and Shawn Sennet from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., pursue an unmanned aerial system during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nevada National Security Site, La More
U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt David Feibus, with team Flying Gatorz from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, manually controls his team's attack drone, part of their overall counter-unmanned aerial system solution d More
The team from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, poses with Maj. Gen. Robert D. McMurry, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Christopher, AFRL command chief, after being na More
University of California Davis’s J.T. Adenrele rejects North Carolina Central’s Kyle Benton’s shot in their NCAA First Four tournament game at the University of Dayton Arena March 15, 2017. Airman from Wright-P More
Colorado service members receive awards from Aurora leaders during the Armed Forces Recognition Luncheon May 5, 2017, at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Denver.
Exercise physiologist, Kayla Hierholzer, installs a wireless transmitter into base-layer shirt with an embedded sensor worn by O-2 Wes Baker at the 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory at More
Justin Smoak, Samson Rope application engineering manager, Ferndale, Wash., observes how the synthetic winch line feeds into a C-17 Globemaster III winch assembly, Jan. 30, 2018 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Sm More
Charles Doxley, left, and Jacob Goings work with their robot during the FIRST LEGO League Ohio championship tournament in the Nutter Center on Wright State University, Dayton, Feb. 3, 2019. Doxley and Goings we More
Tech. Sgt Kenan Harvey, 309th Expeditionary Depot Maintenance avionics technician, tests a fiber optic cable for signal loss at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Sept. 12, 2019. The Air Force Sustainment Center and Ai More
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, AF/SG chief of medical operations, pose for a photo on the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26, 2020, at Dover A More
Students and Faculty from the Air Force Institute of Technology listen as Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks on the future of the Air Force during an all call at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base More
Tom Zbikowski, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Police Department SWAT team member, attempts to open a locked stairwell door at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind., while playing an active shooter More
Participants in the Air Force Research Laboratory 2015 Tech Warrior exercise learn some of the basics of safely transporting a wounded comrade on a stretcher, Sept. 10, 2015, at the National Center for Medical More
Members of the Cornell University Mars Rover Team, Emma Carpenter, Jasmine Liu, Jacob Glueck, Nicole Polemeni-Hegarty, Capt. Kevine O'Brien ( faculty advisor ), AFROTC cadet Scott Seidenberger and Varun Belur, More
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks with leaders after a Hypersonic Innovations demonstration on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Oh., Nov. 3, 2016. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)
Jason Cassulis, a member of the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge opposition force, sets up and checks a DJI S1000 drone during the setup day at the Nevada National Security Site, Las Vega More
Hanna Timberlake from Hanscom Air Force Base, Ma., tightens a screw on her team's system during the setup phase of the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nevada National Security Si More
Judges watch as team members from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., demonstrate their counter unmanned aerial system during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nevada National Securi More
U.S. Air Force Capt. Melvin White, with team Flying Gatorz from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, communicates with his fellow team members via two-way radio during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory C More
The team from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, poses with Maj. Gen. Robert D. McMurry, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Christopher, AFRL command chief, after being n More
University of California Davis’s Chima Moneke, left, and North Carolina Central’s Pablo Rivas fight for control of the ball in their NCAA First Four tournament game at the University of Dayton Arena, March 15, More
Saibibek Kambam reacts as Scott Milligan, a referee for the FIRST LEGO League Ohio championship tournament gives him and his Robo Wizards teammate Parun Barucaquri their score following the second round of the More
Tech. Sgt. Harvey, 309th Expeditionary Depot Maintenance avionics technician, performs a fiber optic fusion splice repair on an F-35A Lightning II at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Sept. 12, 2019. The Air Force Sus More
Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, U.S. Air Force surgeon general chief of medical operations, was a guest speaker for a podcast from Dover’s Bedrock Innovation Lab, June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Dela More
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks at an all call at the Air Force Institute of Technology during a visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 26, 2015. James also served as the keyn More
Tom Zbikowski, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Police Department SWAT team member, discharges blanks from his shotgun while entering a building at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind, while portraying More
Participants in the Air Force Research Laboratory 2015 Tech Warrior exercise learn some of the basics of self-aide buddy care and transporting a wounded comrade, Sept. 10, 2015, at the National Center for Medic More
Members of the Cornell University Mars Rover Team, Emma Carpenter, Varun Belur, Nicole Polemeni-Hegarty, Capt. Kevin O'Brien ( faculty advisor ), Corinne Lippe and Jasmine Liu, test the rover design they will More
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is briefed during a Strong Lab tour and wearable sensor demonstration on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Oh., Nov. 3, 2016. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)
The Nevada National Security Site, Las Vegas, NV., plays host to the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge Dec. 9-16, 2016. This year six teams were given the challenge of solving issues revol More
Hanna Timberlake and U.S. Air Force Capt. Chris Giacomo, from Hanscom Air Force Base, Ma., set up a pole which holds several parts of their team's system during the setup phase of the 2016 Air Force Research More
A radar and signal jamming device which is integrated into the counter unmanned aerial system created by the team from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., tracks a Phantom 4 drone during the 2016 Air Force Research More
Members of team Flying Gatorz from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, watch as their counter-unmanned aerial system engages a drone in the test area during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders More
Teams from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, pose with Maj. Gen. Robert D. McMurry, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Christo More
The University of California Davis bench erupts as the buzzer sounds ending their NCAA First Four game against North Carolina Central at the University of Dayton Arena, March 15, 2017. UC Davis went on to win t More
A wireless transmitter attached to a base-layer shirt with an embedded sensor tracks the exercise performance of O-2 Wes Baker at the 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patte More
Sathvik Dondalabaei, snaps an interchangeable module on to the Houston We Have More Problems team’s robot during the second round of the FIRST LEGO League Ohio championship tournament in the Nutter Center on Wr More
Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, was a guest speaker for a podcast from Dover’s Bedrock Innovation Lab, June 26, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Hogg talked to podcast listeners a More
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James departs the auditorium after completing an all call at the Air Force Institute of Technology during a visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 26, 2015. More
Tom Zbikowski, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Police Department SWAT team member, walks the hallways in Campbell Township Elementary School at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind, while portraying More
Participants in the Air Force Research Laboratory 2015 Tech Warrior exercise prepare for a convoy operation during their capstone exercise, Sept. 14, 2015, at the National Center for Medical Readiness, Fairborn More
Cassandra Stanfill, an Associate Research Engineer with the Intelligence, Surveillance Augmentation and Reconnaissance Branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, O More
A radar jammer from team Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas., tracks a Phantom 4 drone for calibration purposes during the setup process for the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at th More
Team DDT members Tyler Moudy and Megan Marshall from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., explain their counter unmanned aerial system solution to judges during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challe More
The team from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, monitor their system during the demonstration of the counter unmanned aerial system they created for the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory C More
Team members from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., monitor the test of their water cannon, part of their counter-unmanned aerial system from inside their team trailer during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Co More
Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, speaks in front of a giant video screen during a dual change of command ceremony May 2, 2017, in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wri More
FIRST LEGO League Ohio championship tournament competitors and First LEGO League Junior exhibitors on the floor of the Wright State University Nutter Center in Dayton Feb. 3, 2019. Sixty teams competed with the More
From the left, Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, U.S. Air Force surgeon general chief of medical operations, and Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, were guests for a podcast from Dover’s Be More
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James answers questions from local media during a visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 26, 2015. During her visit James visited several units on base and More
Tom Zbikowski, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Police Department SWAT team member, walks the hallways in Campbell Township Elementary School at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind., while portrayin More
Lt. Michael Emard has the movement of his eyes tracked and blink rate and pupil dilation measured as he scans a display for data and video feeds. He is participating in the work of Cassandra Stanfill, an Associ More
A phantom 4 drone fly's through the air as teams try to track it to calibrate their devices during the setup phase of the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nevada National Security More
Megan Marshall, a member of team DDT from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., checks the systems connection to their signal jamming device during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nev More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Ingold, from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, monitors part of his team's counter-unmanned aerial system created for the 2016 Air Force Research Laborator More
Casey Kleisinger, a member of the team from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., monitors the water pressure in a hose running from a fire truck to their water cannon, part of their counter-unmanned aerial system from i More
Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, receives the Air Force Research Laboratory guidon from Lt. Gen. Robert D. McMurry Jr. as he relinquishes command of AFRL May 2, 2017, during a ce More
Veena Meer, a program manager for IT security systems in the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorate at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., holds 3D printed airfoils, which will help More
Two teams put their robots through their paces in the second round of the FIRST LEGO League Ohio championship tournament in the Nutter Center on Wright State University, Dayton, Feb. 3, 2019. The teams had to p More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Brent Tschikos and Capt. Michael Low, both instructors at the Air Force Institute of Technology school of systems and logistics, brief Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James on courses More
Tom Zbikowski, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Police Department SWAT team member, pounds on a locked door at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Ind, while playing an active shooter during the 2015 Ai More
Participants in the Air Force Research Laboratory 2015 Tech Warrior exercise pull security during a scenario, Sept. 14, 2015, at the National Center for Medical Readiness, Fairborn, Ohio. During the exercise pa More
The 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge team from Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland, Texas, monitor their equipment during the setup and calibration phase of the event at the Nevada National S More
Tyler Moudy, a member of team DDT from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., monitors the teams system status during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nevada National Security Site, Las More
Jerome Ramirez, team leader for Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, talks with team members as judges observe during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nevada More
Ryan McNeal, a member of the team from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., listens to a safety brief before the start of their scenarios during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nevada More
Tabitha Blankenship, 13, works on the Buzz, Buzz, Sting Sting team robot during the FIRST LEGO League Ohio championship tournament in the Nutter Center on Wright State University, Dayton, Feb. 3, 2019. The eve More
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks to students and faculty of the Air Force Institute of Technology during her visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, March 26, 2015. James talked about More
Participants in the Air Force Research Laboratory 2015 Tech Warrior exercise move up to pull security during a scenario, Sept. 14, 2015, at the National Center for Medical Readiness, Fairborn, Ohio. During the More
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks during a tour of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Oh., Nov. 3, 2016. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)
U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. David Feibus, from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, fly's one his teams DJI S1000 drone during the setup and calibration phase of the event at the Nevada National Security Site, Las More
Members of team DDT from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., check the voltage of wires while troubleshooting a system error during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nevada National S More
Jessica Alvarez, from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base, Texas listens as team leader Jerome Ramirez talks with judges and event leadership during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders More
Team members from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., monitor their counter-unmanned aerial system as judges observe in the background during the 2016 Air Force Research Laboratory Commanders Challenge at the Nevada Na More
Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, presents the Air Force Research Laboratory guidon to Brig. Gen. William T. Cooley as he assumes command of AFRL May 2, 2017, during a ceremony in More
A robot navigates its way through a variety of tasks during a round of the FIRST LEGO League Ohio championship tournament in the Nutter Center on Wright State University, Dayton, Feb. 3, 2019. The state-wide co More
Edwards Air Force Base Rocket Test Stands are the sight of the early static rocket tests that were part of the United Stated Ballistic Missile Defense program and led to the Apollo F-1 engine testing.
U.S. Air Force Col. Paul Cotellesso, Air Force Institute of Technology Civil Engineer School dean, shows Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James their distance learning center which allows them to make cus More
Members from the Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 2015 Air Force Research Laboratory team explain their active shooter detection system to the other teams who would be playing innocent bystanders and judges, June 15- More
A participant in the Air Force Research Laboratory 2015 Tech Warrior exercise runs forward to cover during a scenario, Sept. 14, 2015, at the National Center for Medical Readiness, Fairborn, Ohio. During the ex More
Members of team Gatorz from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; Ohio; unload boxed equipment from a trailer to begin the setup process at the Nevada National Security Site; Las Vegas; NV.; for the 2016 Air Force R More