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  • Providing Team Wright-Patt Strength Through Support

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As we look toward to the next decade of strategic challenges it is imperative that we recognize how we as the Mighty 88th support the Department of the Air Force warfighting machine through the impressive dirty work that each of you do on a daily basis.The

  • Airmen seek to combat the generational idealism of the Holocaust

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – It has been over 80 years since one of the world’s most infamous and violent catastrophes that killed over six million Jews across German-occupied Europe. That catastrophe, known as the Holocaust, not only impacted numerous individuals and families in the past

  • History & Heritage Race showcases MB-2 Bomber during third race of 2023

    WRIGHT- PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The MB-2 (NBS-1) Bomber will be the third retired aircraft to headline the 2023 History & Heritage Race Series, powered by the Air Force Marathon, beginning May 1.The event marks the third of six virtual races during the series’s third season. Each event

  • Wright-Patterson remembers Holocaust

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Over 80 years has passed since the persecution and murder of European Jews by the Nazi Germans during the Holocaust. Time has moved forward, but Wright-Patterson observes Holocaust Remembrance Day every year to honor those who were either directly affected or

  • 20-year-old carpenter lives best life in 88th Civil Engineering

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – What were you doing at 20 years old? Going to college? Trying to make ends meet? Still living with your parents? Most people at that age would probably answer “yes” to one of those questions, but not Jake Fletcher.“This job has me set for the rest of my life,”

  • 88 ABW/IP Hosts Annual Classified Clean-Out Day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 88th Air Base Wing Information Protection office will be hosting a classified clean-out day on Friday, March 10 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Central Destruction Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The CDF is located at 2445 Monohan Way, Building

  • Military working dog retires after over eight years of service

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A retirement ceremony for Morgen, a military working dog with more than eight years of service, was held Feb. 24 at the 88th Security Forces facility on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The retirement was followed by his adoption by former handler Staff

  • Vendor registration now open for Air Force Marathon Health and Fitness Expo

    WRIGHT- PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Vendor registration for the Air Force Marathon Health and Fitness Expo is now open.Expo vendors will have the opportunity to promote and sell their products and services to thousands of health and fitness enthusiasts. The expo offers merchandise sales

  • AFSA Kittyhawk Chapter 751 announces annual awards

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio--- Air Force Sergeants Association Kittyhawk Chapter 751 presented its 2022 annual awards at a dinner event on February 23. The awards highlighted the honorees’ duty accomplishments at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and their exceptional volunteer service to