AFHRL

The Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL) was established in 1968 to consolidate Air Force research in the behavioral and social sciences, focusing on personnel selection, training, and human factors engineering. Headquartered at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, AFHRL integrated earlier laboratories such as the Personnel Research Laboratory and the Training Research Laboratory. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, AFHRL made significant contributions to improving Air Force training methods, personnel systems, and cockpit design through rigorous scientific research. In 1991, as part of a broader Air Force reorganization, AFHRL was inactivated and its functions were absorbed by the Armstrong Laboratory.