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  • Hiring Our Heroes: Providing employment opportunities for those who served

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force preaches mission first, people always. It provides Airmen and their families with a network, purpose and paycheck.So what happens when it’s time to move or just time to move on? How do the bills get paid?On April 4, the Wright-Patterson Air Force

  • AFSA Kittyhawk Chapter 751 hosts Dayton VA event

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Air Force Sergeants Association, Kittyhawk Chapter 751, organized a “Summerfest” event at the nursing home on the Dayton Veterans Affairs campus, June 3, 2023. The AFSA Chapter’s VA Voluntary Service representative Judy Garcia planned the event and gathered

  • Hiring summit bridges business transition for service members

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio—Returning bigger than the year before, the Hiring Our Heroes Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Career Summit drew over 170 hopeful employees and almost 60 employees eager to offer opportunities to those who have served April 28.At the event, Col. Charles

  • Disabled vets get back in the hunt at Wright-Patt

            WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Our veterans often return home with combat-related disabilities that may or may not be visible.Some are confined to wheelchairs while others

  • Mobility clinic to help amputee athletes chase goals

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Making a running start toward the races later that weekend, the Air Force Marathon’s Health & Fitness Expo will feature its second Amputee Mobility Clinic from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 16 in McLin Gym at the Nutter Center.The clinic, partnering with Optimus

  • Wright Flyers take ice against Columbus Blue Jackets alumni

    COLUMBUS, Ohio — Members of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s unofficial hockey team got to face off against former NHL stars as the Columbus Blue Jackets hosted their annual Military Appreciation Night on April 7.The Wright Flyers, a recreation club made up of military and civilian personnel

  • 88th Air Base Wing announces special holiday hours of operation

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The following facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will have adjusted hours for the Veterans Day holiday Nov. 11 (if not listed, consider them closed):GATES1A (Fairborn Gate)Nov. 11- 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.12A (AFMC Headquarters)open 24 hours15ANov. 11