Engineering research psychologist receives Harold Brown Award

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley presents the 2012 Harold Brown Award to Dr. Mark Draper during a Pentagon ceremony Dec. 17, 2012. Donley presented Draper the award for his significant achievement in research and development. As a leader and international authority on user interfaces and supervisory control optimization for remotely piloted aircraft, Draper's accomplishments have been directed at improvements to RPA operator interfaces and future warfighting capabilities. Draper is a senior engineering research psychologist with the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

LIEUTENANT GENERAL STANLEY E. CLARKE III

LIEUTENANT GENERAL STANLEY E. CLARKE III Formerly Information > Biographies > LIEUTENANT GENERAL STANLEY E. CLARKE III LIEUTENANT GENERAL STANLEY E. CLARKE III Download Hi-Res -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bio Tools Printable bio -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, commander of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region-1st Air Force, has been nominated by President Obama to be the next director of the Air National Guard. If confirmed by the Senate, Clarke will replace Lt. Gen. Harry "Bud" Wyatt III., who is retiring in January 2013.

SecAF commemorates Navy Annex history

View over the U.S. Navy Annex, showing the completed U.S. Air Force memorial dedicated on Saturday, October 14, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Gary R Coppage)

SecAF commemorates Navy Annex history

Department of Defense senior leaders attended a ceremony to commemorate the history of the Navy Annex building by Arlington National Cemetery and the Air Force Memorial and mark the start of its demolition process. Pictured, left to right, are Michael Rhodes, director of Administration and Management; Joan Hughes, director, Operations Directorate, Office of the Department of the Navy Assistant for Administration; Col. Aaron Amey, assistant chief of staff for Logistics for the Marine Corps Installations Command; Rear Admiral Robert Thomas, chief of staff, J5, The Joint Staff; Kathryn Condon, executive director of Army National Cemeteries Program, Michael Donley, secretary of the Air Force; Thomas Hawley, deputy under secretary of the Army; Steven Redmann, executive director, U.S. Army Headquarters Services, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. In accordance with the fiscal year 2000 Defense Authorization Act, 42 acres of land will be transferred to the Department of the Army for future use by the cemetery. The 70 year-old annex building was originally built as a warehouse in 1941 and has housed Marine Corps headquarters and many Navy offices through the years. (Courtesy Photo)

CSAF Team of Excellence awards

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III congratulates winning members honored during the Air Force Chief of Staff Team Excellence awards in a Pentagon ceremony on Nov. 27, 2012. The three teams which made the finals and recognized today were the Electronic Flight Bag Team from Headquarters, Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.; Air Force Research Laboratory's Radar Relocation Project Management Team, from the 213th Engineering Installation Squadron in Newburgh, N.Y.; and the B-2 Window Change Continuous Process Improvement Team, from the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Group, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

CSAF Team of Excellence awards

Members of the second runner-up of the 2012 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award, the B-2 window Change Continuous Process Improvement Team from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., are congratulated by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III in a Pentagon ceremony on Nov. 27, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)