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 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