Air Force Engineers: Engineering Force 1981 USAF; AFSC Staff Film Report 294

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THE ENGINEERING FORCE: AIR FORCE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PEOPLE ARE SHOWN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE DEPUTY FOR ENGINEERING AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OH. ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES ARE SHOWN IN ACTION. BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PEOPLE ARE SHOWN WORKING TOGETHER AND INTERFACING WITH INDUSTRY IN DEVELOPING THE SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR MODERN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY.

United States Air Force Systems Command Staff Film Report 294

Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Research_Laboratory

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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a scientific research organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of aerospace warfighting technologies, planning and executing the Air Force science and technology program, and providing warfighting capabilities to United States air, space, and cyberspace forces. It controls the entire Air Force science and technology research budget which was $2.4 billion in 2006.

The Laboratory was formed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on 31 October 1997 as a consolidation of four Air Force laboratory facilities (Wright, Phillips, Rome, and Armstrong) and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under a unified command. The Laboratory is composed of seven technical directorates, one wing, and the Office of Scientific Research. Each technical directorate emphasizes a particular area of research within the AFRL mission which it specializes in performing experiments in conjunction with universities and contractors.

Since the Laboratory's formation in 1997, it has conducted numerous experiments and technical demonstrations in conjunction with NASA, Department of Energy National Laboratories, DARPA, and other research organizations within the Department of Defense. Notable projects include the X-37, X-40, X-53, HTV-3X, YAL-1A, Advanced Tactical Laser, and the Tactical Satellite Program.

The Laboratory may face problems in the future as 40 percent of its workers are slated to retire over the next two decades while since 1980 the United States has not produced enough science and engineering degrees to keep up with demand...