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"History" section. As briefly mentioend, AFRL is responsible for a lot of non-weaponry research and technology. Some of the fruits of this work would be relevant to the article. A new heading might be considered.--Rwehr 15:14, 24 August 2005 (UTC) |
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[edit] neutrality dispute
I am certain I have read this entire passage on their own website. See the previous version before I began editing, where there was actually used the phrase "our air and space forces." Among other problem statements: "To accomplish this mission, AFOSR has formed a strong, productive alliance with other government agencies, U.S. industry and the academic community." --Rwehr 14:38, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
- Is the neutrality of this article still in dispute? If so, what are the passages that need work? --Zippy 05:58, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
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- It reads like a propaganda pamphlet or an ad for the Air Force. It certainly is not neutral. 134.105.224.186 13:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] contradiction
This sentence is, at best, misleading: "It is a full-spectrum laboratory, responsible for planning and executing the Air Force’s entire science and technology budget, basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development." In contrast to: "Nearly 80 percent of the research is conducted in academia and industry and the remaining 20 percent is conducted within AFRL." --Rwehr 15:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
- These are not contradictory. The AFRL has two roles: 1) performing its own research, and 2) finding others to do research, funded by the AFRL. See for instance this page where they say "Our partners include universities and industry, with whom we invest almost 80% of our budget." In other words, they may indeed plan and execute the Air Force's entire budget, spending 20% on internal research projects, and 80% on external research projects. --Zippy 05:53, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Is anybody reading this?
I can offer more information about the AFRL propulsion directorate. Is anybody interested?
[edit] cut/paste job
This article is mostly a cut/paste job from http://www.afrl.af.mil/factsht/afrlfactsheet.asp. Would anyone object to me stub-ifying this article so that it can be rewritten? --Takeel 13:05, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- I have reduced the article to a stub. --Takeel 18:04, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dispute Removing Mission Statement
The comment for removing the Mission Statement was that it was in market-speak. However, the tone of the mission statement does not change the fact that it is the Mission Statement of AFRL, so that is a fact. Why remove a fact?
I would like to expand this with information available to the public (such as the names, locations, and purposes of all of the Tech-Directorates), and will do so as soon as I can. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LinuxSneaker (talk • contribs) .
- Hi, LinuxSneaker. I removed that paragraph. If we replace it, we should probably specifically note that it is a mission statement written by Air Force Research Laboratory. As it was written, it just said "The mission of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is..." without mentioning that it's a mission statement that AFRL wrote. By the way, thanks for adding that map to the article; it's a good contribution. --Takeel 15:45, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- Agree. I'll add it, put the disclaimer around it, and reference it to the AFRL website page. After that I'll start building the structure to describe the TDs. I won't do a cut and paste, but just put the structure with a brief description. LinuxSneaker 12:16, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
