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  • Enterprise sourcing personnel part of award-winning team

    The Department of Defense announced winners of the fiscal 2013 Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards June 23.The Fire Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) team, consisting of personnel from the 771 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron -- part of the Air Force Installation Contracting

  • Sustainment plan for aging fleet critical

    The average age of an Air Force aircraft is more than 25 years, which makes the current fleet the oldest in Air Force history - and it must keep flying into the foreseeable future.An aging fleet in a pinched budget environment is making sustainment technology a critical priority as the Air Force

  • Wright-Patt Airmen among those on technical sergeant promotion list

    Of the 38,344 staff sergeants eligible for promotion to technical sergeant, 6,684 were selected, a 17.43 percent selection rate, Air Force officials said June 26. Those NCOs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base selected for promotion include:18 Intelligence Squadron -- Robert Boucher, Wesley Hoffman,

  • Enterprise sourcing personnel part of award-winning team

    The Department of Defense (DOD) announced winners of the fiscal 2013 Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards June 23.The Fire Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) team, consisting of personnel from the 771 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron -- part of the Air Force Installation

  • WPAFB Airmen Rescue Drivers from Car Crash

    Special Agent Brad Byington, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 1st Field Investigations Region was at the right place at the right time during a recent drive to work. During his commute, Byington witnessed a car crash in which a small vehicle was "t-boned" by a large SUV traveling 60

  • Joint medical team works together, saves critically injured soldier

    Staff at the Seth Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility resuscitated, performed emergency surgery and stabilized a U.S. Soldier on June 8, prior to an eight-hour C-17 flight to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, following an up-armored humvee roll-over in Djibouti.The soldier was ejected

  • AF awards new combat rescue helicopter contract

    The Air Force awarded a contract to Sikorsky Aircraft Company June 26, for the procurement of 112 new combat rescue helicopters, training systems and product support elements to replace the service's aging fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawks. The engineering and manufacturing development phase begins with

  • People show and support pride at 5K race

    The Pride 5K Fun Run & Walk was a way to celebrate diversity while supporting a good cause at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The event was part of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride month and took place June 25 at Bass Lake.Humid weather didn't stop the 72 participants from

  • Professional Development Center offers new facility for Airmen

    Students in the Airman Leadership School (ALS) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have access to a much more convenient location now that the facility has been relocated to the Professional Development Center (PDC) in Bldg. 1226, Area A.The PDC, which also houses the Independent Learning Center and