Wright Laboratory

{{about|the former US Air Force research laboratory|the Yale University facility|Yale Wright Laboratory}}

{{Infobox military unit

|unit_name= Wright Laboratory

|image= Wright laboratory.png

|caption=Emblem of the Wright Laboratory

|dates= 1990–October 1997

|country= United States

|branch= Air Force

|role= Research and development

|command_structure= Air Force Systems Command (1990-1992)
Air Force Materiel Command (1992-1997)

|garrison= Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

}}

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.

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|+ Air Force Laboratories Before and After Merger{{cite book | last=Duffner | first=Robert | title=Science and technology: the making of the Air Force Research Laboratory | year=2000 | publisher=Air University Press | location=Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama | isbn=1-58566-085-X | pages=9 | url=http://aupress.maxwell.af.mil/Books/Duffner/Duffner.pdf | format=PDF | access-date=2008-07-13 | ref=Duffner00 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227163215/http://aupress.maxwell.af.mil/Books/Duffner/Duffner.pdf | archive-date=27 February 2009 | df=dmy-all }}

Pre-MergerPost-Merger
Avionics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

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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

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Category:Research installations of the United States Air Force

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