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ALT A snapshot of night on Earth from space sits in the background as the words: AI IN SPACE dominate the foreground.
ALT Image of the New York City skyline with two pillars representing the Twin Towers that fell due to the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001. The graphic reads: WE WILL NEVER FORGET 09-11-21.
ALT U.S. Air Force Airmen, U.S. Space Force Guardians, and industry partners participate in the Department of the Air Force’s Multi-Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming experiment led by the Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team in partnership with the Air Force Research Lab, the U.S. Space Force, and the 805th Combat Training Squadron, in Las Vegas, Nev., May 13, 2026.
ALT A U.S. Air Force air battle manager participates in the Department of the Air Force’s Multi-Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming experiment led by the Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team in partnership with the Air Force Research Lab, the U.S. Space Force, and the 805th Combat Training Squadron, in Las Vegas, Nev., May 13, 2026.
ALT U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Abby Warner, 16th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron deputy flight commander, right, participates in the Multi-Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming experiment led by the Department of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team in partnership with the Air Force Research Lab, the U.S. Space Force, and the 805th Combat Training Squadron.
ALT A group of airmen and civilians stand together for the C-Stars Omaha U.S. Public Health Service brief on Ebola response training.
ALT AFRL logo is set on a background of transparent squares and a distant horizon. The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force logos flank the AFRL logo from left to right respectively.
ALT A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules is on display during a fireworks show at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 4, 2025. The two-day festival was held in celebration of Independence Day and included carnival rides, games, food vendors, live musical entertainment and a fireworks show.
ALT battlefield cross is displayed during a memorial day ceremony within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 26, 2025.
ALT Small gas turbine engine on a work bench.
ALT The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced a major redesign of its organizational structure to integrate and align research and development around key mission areas to speed the delivery of war-winning systems. This transformation marks the most significant organizational change for AFRL in nearly 30 years. The redesign strengthens collaboration across the lab to accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of high-impact technologies. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Randy Palmer)
ALT Small gas turbine engine on a work bench.
ALT Image of Oscillation Heat Pips (OHPs) on a workbench.
ALT Airmen gesturing towards a T-38, describing its uses to attendees at the Wright Patterson AFB All Star Leadership Day event on April 30.
ALT Small turbine engine being tested on a work bench.
ALT Official headshot of Dr. Sukrith Dev.
ALT Small turbine engine being tested on a work bench.
ALT Small gas turbine engine on work bench.
ALT From left: Brig. Gen. Robert Bogart, commander of the 711th Human Performance Wing; Chief Master Sgt. James Woods, medical enlisted force and enlisted corps chief, Office of the Surgeon General; Brad Wenstrup, former U.S. Rep. of Ohio; Col. Valerie Sams, director of the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) Cincinnati, U.S. Air Force, and trauma surgeon at University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center; Dr. Greg Postel, dean of the UC College of Medicine; and Cory Shaw, president and CEO of UC Health, cut the ribbon during an opening ceremony for the expanded C-STARS Cincinnati DARRIO Simulation Center at UC Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 11, 2026. C-STARS Cincinnati is a joint program between UC Health and the U.S. Air Force that provides advanced trauma and critical care training for military medical personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ryan Law)
ALT A medical training mannequin is displayed in the newly expanded C-STARS Cincinnati DARRIO Simulation Center at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio, on March 11, 2026. This center is part of a joint U.S. Air Force and UC Health initiative designed to provide advanced trauma and critical care training for military medical personnel, representing a new generation in medical readiness and response research. (U.S. Air Force photo).
ALT The Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator sits staged for flight on Jan. 27, 2026. The missile was positioned on a specialized air log cart, used to transport and load the vehicle onto the Transportable Target Launcher. The flight was a key milestone in increasing the technology readiness level of the Draper liquid rocket engine. (U.S. Army photo by Ryan Harty)
ALT Graphic with blue overlay shows hand touching digital screen. Graphic reads: "AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory Multiple Contract Award Submit Today!"
ALT Graphic that reads on top: Supporting Warfighters - AFRL In the middle: shows a headshot of Dr. Ashley Robinson. The bottom reads: AFRL ProtoStar: Dr. Ashely Robinson Excellence in Basic Research Award
ALT A Maryland State Police medevac helicopter sits in a hanger in Baltimore, Maryland. A mobile medical documentation tool developed by Air Force Research Laboratory researchers is being tested by Maryland State Police flight paramedic crews, marking the first time that Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit is used to document and transfer civilian patients in the U.S. (Courtesy photo by Maryland State Police)
ALT An Airman uses a mobile medical documentation tool called Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit during a demo at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Jan. 28, 2025. Researchers with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing developed this application to improve battlefield care. After extensive military testing, BATDOK is being tested by Maryland State Police flight paramedic crews. (USAF photo by Keith Lewis)
ALT A Maryland State Police medevac helicopter sits in a hanger in Baltimore, Maryland. A mobile medical documentation tool developed by Air Force Research Laboratory researchers is being tested by Maryland State Police flight paramedic crews, marking the first time that Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit is used to document and transfer civilian patients in the U.S. (Courtesy photo by Maryland State Police)
ALT A simulated patient on a gurney sits on a Maryland State Police medevac helicopter in Baltimore, Maryland. A mobile medical documentation tool developed by Air Force Research Laboratory researchers is being tested by Maryland State Police flight paramedic crews, marking the first time that the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit is used to document and transfer civilian patients in the U.S. (Courtesy photo by Maryland State Police)
ALT Graphic that reads at the top: Supporting Warfighters - AFRL The middle showcases Dr. Alexander Hough's headshot. It reads at the bottom: AFRL ProtoSTAR: Dr. Alexander Hough Excellence in Basic Research Award
ALT Graphic: AFA Industry Engagement at Gaylord National Harbor, Room National Harbor 11. September 23, 1:00-2:00 ET. Air Space Cyber Conference A Professional Development Event. AFRL and AFWERX logos.
ALT Six F-16s piloted by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over a graphic that reads: CELEBRATING 78 YEARS OF AIRPOWER. Beneath this graphic is the shield of the United States Air Force.
ALT Image of a the sun rising over earth's horizon from space, overlayed by a grid. The middle of the image reads: AFRL - to the left of this acronym is the U.S. Air Force shield and to the right the shield of the USSF.
ALT A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit, center, from the 53rd Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon, right, and four Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35 Lightning II, left, fly in formation over Norway, Sept. 3, 2025.
ALT A U.S. Airman assigned to the 393rd Bomber Generation Squadron inspects GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions prior to them being loaded into a B-2 Spirit aircraft at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Aug. 28, 2025.
ALT A B-2 Spirit aircraft carrying Joint Direct Attack Munitions taxis on the flight line at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 2, 2025.
ALT A Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35 Lightning II approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, for fuel over Norway Sept. 3, 2025. The U.S. partnered with Norwegian Allies to test next-generation precision maritime strike capabilities.
ALT MSgt Justin Crawford works in a field with other uniformed airmen, as one of them points down towards a device. In the background is a parked helicopter.
ALT U.S. troops and coalition forces participated in the 20th Anniversary 9/11 Ceremony & Memorial 5K ruck march at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, September 11, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
ALT SrA Lesli Tobar stands in a hallway with medical garb over her fatigues - hair, face and shoes while standing next to a biomedical container labeled: "TSI ALNOR". She's giving a thumbs up towards the camera.
ALT Joby Aviation's Cessna 208B Grand Caravan lands autonomously at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
ALT Stylized blue graphic that reads from top to bottom: AFRL | Classified Industry Day REGISTRATION OPEN! October 8 | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
ALT TSgt James McEneany NCO of the Year stands in front of a wall that holds to his left - the shield of the United States Air Force of Aerospace Medicine. To his right is the shield of the 711th Human Performance Wing.
ALT Air Force senior medical leaders preview a demonstration of the Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform during a site visit hosted by the Air Force Medical Command’s A5T, the operational test division under the Capability Development Directorate, at a testing location, Fort Detrick, Maryland.
ALT Chief Master Sgt. James Woods, Chief of the Medical Enlisted Force, speaks with Airmen during a site visit showcasing technological capabilities to enhance expeditionary medical care, hosted by the Air Force Medical Command’s A5T.
ALT Air Force medical personnel attend to notional patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2025 at Travis Air Force Base, California, July 28, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Brafman)
ALT Graphic with blue background of a horizon overlayed by a grid. Text in the middle reads: AFRL and is flanked to the right by the Shield of the United States Space Force, to the left the Shield of the United States Air Force.
ALT A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on Aug. 12 at 8:56 p.m. EDT on its first U.S. national security mission, known as USSF-106, for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC). Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
ALT The Navigation Technology Satellite, or NTS-3, spacecraft is shown in an anechoic test chamber prior to electromagnetic interference or electromagnetic compatibility testing in Palm Bay, Florida.
ALT A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on Aug. 12 at 8:56 p.m. EDT on its first U.S. national security mission, known as USSF-106, for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC). Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
ALT A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on Aug. 12 at 8:56 p.m. EDT on its first U.S. national security mission, known as USSF-106, for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC). Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
ALT Stylized graphic that shows three satellites with overlapping fields of coverage, orbiting Earth. The text on the graphic reads: The Air Force & GPS.
