Community Warfighters

Local community leaders and members of the 88th Air Base Wing Security Forces Squadron head out into tall grass for their daytime patrol during Operation Community Warfighter here May 17 - 18.

President and Vice President meet Airmen supporting Operation Unified Response

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with Airmen at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Jan. 28 who provided aeromedical evacuation support to victims of the devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Pictured from left are Technical Sgt. Alycia Jackson and Lt. Col. David Rodberg from the 94th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Dobbins Air Force Base, Ga., Lt. Col. C.J. Newhouse, commander of the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., and Critical Care Air Transport Team members, Senior Airman Brooke Lohr and Capt. Jeffery Marsh, both from the 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Airmen staged from MacDill flying critically ill patients from Haiti to hospitals in south Florida as part of Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Smooth Green Snake

A Smooth Green Snake was found on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during field work in conjunction with a survey being conducted. Smooth Green Snakes have not been documented in Southwest Ohio since 1871. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jeff Davis)

UXO removal

Maj. Jeffrey Rengel, 88th Air Base Wing Medical Center’s surgical operation squadron, wears a flak vest and helmet for protection in the operating room at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Major Rengel played an integral role in removing an unexploded ordnance from the head of an Afghan soldier.

Pile of aluminum exit sign casings

A pile of aluminum exit sign casings after the tritium tubes and plastic are removed. The aluminum is sent to the base recycling center. (U.S. Air Force by Ted Theopolos)

Used smoke detectors

Used smoke detectors with Americium-241 along with plastic exit signs are being prepared for recycling. By AFRRAD recycling the base saves thousands of dollars in disposal costs and limits the amount to local landfills.(U.S. Air Force by Ted Theopolos)

Active shooter training at CSU

Four Airmen from the 88th Security forces Squadron learn proper techniques of stairwell clearing during a joint exercise with Ohio State Patrol. (US Air Force photo by Ben Strasser)

Active shooter training at CSU

Airmen from the 88th Security Forces Squadron engage an active shooter during joint training. (US Air Force photo by Ben Strasser)

Active Shooter training at CSU

Security Forces Airmen search an abandoned building for an active shooter during a training exercise March 25 at Central State University. The annual training provided 25 Security Forces Airmen the opportunity to get real-world experience by working alongside Ohio State Patrol’s Special Response Team members and the use of live simuntion rounds. (US Air Force photo by Ben Strasser)

The Women of AF EOD

Staff Sgt. Amber Hanlon, 88th Air Base Wing Explosive Ordnance technician, on patrol in Afghanistan.

Human Performace Wing Complex

One of Wright-Patterson AFB design team’s concept of the 711th Human Performance Wing Complex, which won an Honor Award for Concept Design in the 2010 Air Force Design Awards Program.

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Staff Sgt. Andrew Waggoner treats an injured victim of a tornado during a mass casualty exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The scenario included a tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. Sergeant Waggoner is an emergency room technician with the 88th Medical Operations Squadron at Wright-Patterson Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

First responders rescue, triage and prepare the injured for transport during a mass casualty exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The scenario included a tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

First responders rescue, triage and prepare the injured for transport during a mass casualty exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The scenario included a tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. Pictured (from left) are Wright-Patterson firefighters Captain Matthew Nethers and Lieutenant Samuel Feltner, and 88th Security Forces Squadron members Senior Airman Tyler Rich and Staff Sgt. Jerrod Ricketts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

First responders rescue, triage and prepare the injured for transport during a mass casualty exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The scenario included a tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Incident commander Kevin Lairson and Chief 2 Charles Farley, both with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Fire Department, direct first responders during a base exercise March 10, 2010. The scenario included a tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Staff Sgt. Jerrod Ricketts prepares to provide emergency first aid to Tech. Sgt. Brian Meeker during a mass casualty exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The scenario included a simulated tornado touchdown near Building 79 in Area B, which also struck people exiting a bus who were attempting to seek shelter. Sergeant Ricketts is assigned to the 88th Security Forces Squadron at Wright-Patt and Sergeant Meeker to the Air Force Claims Service Center in Kettering, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Senior Airman Tyler Rich checks the tourniquet of simulated amputee victim, 1st Lt. Daniel Arnal, and calls for assistance during a disaster response exercise March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Airmen and civilian employees volunteered to become realistic victims of a tornado during the quarterly mass casualty exercise in Area B of the base. Rich is assigned to the 88th Security Forces Squadron and Arnal to the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Gate 12A closed for approximately 70 days

Personnel usually entering through gate 12A will have several options for entering areas A and C. Gates 9A and 15A will remain open from 6 a.m. – 6 p.m., Mon – Fri. Gate 8C will act as the 24-hour gate during the construction period.

Gate closures make way for improvements

Alternate gates will open Mar. 8 to help traffic flow during peak hours due to the closure of Gate 12A, (off SR 444, adjacent to AFMC Headquarters in Area A), and Gate 1B, (off Springfield Rd. in Area B).

Plastic bag recycling machine

What's new in the entrance of the base Commissary? Hint - it's not the candy machines. It's the new solar plastic bag recycling machine compactor. Wright-Patterson AFB now has three solar plastic bag recycling machines for people to discard their plastic bags which helps the base with recycling and stops filling up local landfills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ted Theopolos)

Medics earn Air Force-level recognition

Staff Sgt. Carmen Williams uses a blood sample to test a patient's liver functions Feb. 15, 2010 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Williams, deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was part of the her home unit's Air Force Medical Service Award winning Category I Laboratory Team of the Year. She is with the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley/Released)

Airmen mentor Afghans at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital

Maj. Joey Burks, an operating room nurse mentor, watches as doctors clean the amputated leg of an Afghan National Policeman Jan. 30, 2010. The patient lost his leg by an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province. Major Burks is a mentor with the Medical Embedded Training Team for the Kandahar Regional Military Hospital on Camp Hero, Afghanistan, and is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nancy Hooks/Released)

Aeromedical evacuation

Capt. Jeffery A. Marsh, critical care nurse, Critical Care Air Transport Team, 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, waits to board an Air Force C-130H before an aeromedical evacuation mission to Haiti, Jan. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Nicholas Mercurio/Released)