AFRL engineer earns lifetime achievement award

AFRL engineer earns lifetime achievement award

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Robert “Bob” Mercier, a chief engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate, earned the Joint Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force Airbreathing Propulsion Subcommittee Lifetime Achievement Award, Dec. 8,...

Ghost town provides high-tech testing for AFRL and others

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — In a dusty ghost town in southern New Mexico, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is conducting some of its most important testing. Located in Hidalgo County, Playas was once a bustling “corporate town” built by the Phelps...