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Redstone Arsenal, Alabama – Teams from Air Force Materiel Command bases around the country came together to answer the Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge–precision, austere resupply. Move 50 pounds of supplies 30 miles and deliver them to a 20 X 20 foot drop zone.
Senior Airman Rob Dome, right, a member of Team Eglin, shows Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, a remote-controlled helicopter March 2, 2018, he designed and built for his team to use in the AFRL Commanders Challenge at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. Team Eglin, which won this year’s challenge, designed and built the helicopter and a supply canister that uses the principle of auto-rotation to deliver supplies to remote, forward-deployed troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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