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This article is about the former US Air Force research laboratory. For the Yale University facility, see Yale Wright Laboratory.
Wright Laboratory
Emblem of the Wright Laboratory
Active1990–October 1997
CountryUnited States
BranchAir Force
RoleResearch and development
Part ofAir Force Systems Command (1990-1992)
Air Force Materiel Command (1992-1997)
Garrison/HQWright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Military unit

Wright Laboratory was a research and development organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command on Wright-Patterson AFB starting in 1990. The Laboratory was eventually merged into the Air Force Research Laboratory in 1997.

The Laboratory was named after the Wright brothers, American pioneers of aviation and the namesake of Wright-Patterson AFB.

Air Force Laboratories Before and After Merger
Pre-Merger Post-Merger
Avionics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH Wright Laboratory
Wright-Patterson AFB
Electronics Technology Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Material Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Aero Propulsion and Power Laboratory
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Armament Laboratory, Eglin AFB, FL

References

  1. Duffner, Robert (2000). Science and technology: the making of the Air Force Research Laboratory (PDF). Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press. p. 9. ISBN 1-58566-085-X. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2008.


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