Researchers use unique wind tunnel to determine impact of hypersonic speeds
Posted on: Mon Jan 7th, 2008 | afmc.af.mil

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Funding provided by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research has resulted in the world's only quiet hypersonic wind tunnel, which researchers are now using to test the performance of vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds, or approximately 4,000 mph.

AFRL, Boeing Demonstrate That UAVs Can Perform Automated Aerial Refueling
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | Boeing

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 04, 2007 -- Can an unmanned air vehicle be made smart enough to autonomously rendezvous with a tanker aircraft and refuel? Based on recently concluded flight tests by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Boeing [NYSE: BA], it can.

C-17 alternative fuel research tests to begin
Posted on: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 | AFPN

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFPN) -- Air Mobility Command's chief scientist is now turning his attention to tests certify Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to use an alternative fuel mix, which was certified for B-52 Stratofortess Aug. 8.