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  • 88th Air Base Wing announces 2nd-quarter award winners

    The 88th Air Base Wing’s second-quarter award winners for 2023 were announced July 31. There were 12 award categories. Individual and team winners now go on to compete at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center level.

  • 88th Air Base Wing announces 2022 annual award winners

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –The 88th Air Base Wing’s 2022 award winners were announced during a ceremony Jan. 27 at the Wright-Patt Club.Col. Christopher Meeker, 88 ABW commander; Chief Master Sgt. Lloyd Morales, the wing’s command chief, and other base leaders hosted a spirited,

  • AFIT professor named AETC Weather Field Grade Officer of the Year

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Maj. Peter Saunders was selected as Air Education and Training Command’s Weather Field Grade Officer of the Year for 2022.Saunders is an assistant professor of atmospheric science within the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering

  • AFIT associate dean earns Modern-Day Technology Leader Award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Reginald Turner, associate dean of the Air Force Institute of Technology’s School of Systems and Logistics, was selected to receive the Modern-Day Technology Leader Award from Career Communications Group, publisher of U.S. Black Engineer and Information

  • Beloved faculty member retires after 47 years at AFIT

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Anthony Palazotto, distinguished professor of aerospace engineering within the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management, retired in December after 47 years.Palazotto received the distinguished professor title in 2011

  • AFIT faculty member earns 2022 J. Steinhardt Prize

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Raymond Hill Jr., an adjunct professor of operations research in the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management, is the 2022 recipient of the J. Steinhardt Prize for outstanding contributions to military operations

  • AFIT faculty member earns 2022 SASE Professional Achievement Award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Hengky Chandrahalim, an assistant professor of electrical engineering within the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management, was named the 2022 winner in the Professional Achievement Category for the Society of Asian

  • AFIT Dean Receives Career Achievement in Government Award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Dr. Adedeji Badiru, dean of the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management, was selected to receive the Career Achievement in Government Award from Career Communications Group, publisher of U.S. Black Engineer and

  • AFIT faculty member wins AETC educator of the year

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Air Force Institute of Technology faculty member Dr. Brett Borghetti received the 2021 Air Education and Training Command Civilian Educator of the Year award.  Borghetti is an associate professor of computer engineering within AFIT’s Graduate School of

  • Airmen praised for exceeding expectations

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Col. Patrick Miller and 88th Air Base Wing leadership held a virtual commander’s call Oct. 20 to show appreciation for Airmen across Wright-Patterson Air Force Base who have exemplified core values in and out of uniform.The 88 ABW and installation commander