Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Firefighter Michael Strouse provides aid to the 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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Two firefighters prepare to move a seriously injured victim of a tornado during a mass casualty drill March 10, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The exercise 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

Airman First Class Chad Postlethwaite (left) and Tech. Sgt. Elton Watson were among volunteers made up as realistic victims of a tornado during an exercise held 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. Postlethwaite is with the 88th Force Support Squadron and Watson the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Simulated tornado strikes Wright-Patt

Staff Sgt. Nathanial Sitsler provides emergency first aid to Airman First Class Valeicia Carter 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 Sitsler is assigned to the 88th Security Forces Squadron and Airman Carter to National Air and Space Intelligence Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Facility Electrical Signatures

The idea behind the electrical signature is to find facilities that have a high electrical usage on off peak work hours plus weekends, and try to reduce it. The facility electrical signature of the pointed to graph shows a drop in the electrical usage over the weekend and peaks during weekday work hours. The graph is charted for seven days, Friday through Thursday. Each building has their own unique electrical signature as noted in the photo. (U.S. photo by Ted Theopolos)

Gate 1B closed for approximately 70 days

Base employees that use 1B are asked to use 19B and 22B. However, the gate located at the National Museum of the United States Air Force entrance will be open from 6 - 9 a.m., Monday-Friday, for inbound traffic only. Those who travel from Area A/C to Area B should note that the traffic light at the Museum entrance does not have a left turn only signal and may not be able to accommodate a large influx of traffic. These personnel are urged to use Gate 19B on National Road as a quicker and safer option. For accessing Area B after normal duty hours, Gate 19B will remain the official 24-hour gate.

New gate canopy design

An artist conception of what the new gate canopies will look like over Gates 12A and 1B here. The gate project, designed to protect security personnel and motorist from the elements and enhance force protection entry control procedures, will begin Mar. 8 and is expected to last approximately 60 days.

Solar pannels on top of the plastic bag recycling machine

With new solar panels, the solar plastic bag recycling machines can work inside a facility unlike the old panels which needed direct sunlight. The base Recycling Center will collect, bundled and sell the plastic bags to a recycling plastics company. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ted Theopolos)

Medics earn Air Force-level recognition

Lt. Col. Scott Malthaner (left) performs a dental examination on a patient as Tech. Sgt. Charles Patterson stands by ready to assist with instruments, materials or radiographs Feb. 15, 2010, at an air base in Southwest Asia. Colonel Malthaner and Sergeant Patterson are deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where they are part of the 2009 Air Force Medical Service Large Dental Clinic Team of the Year. They are with the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley)

Fluorescent Bulbs

Three skids of fluorescent bulbs weighing 684 lbs were machine wrapped in shrink wrap for stability in building 72. The base ships two to three semi-trucks full of burned out bulbs to a recycling company each year. (Photo by Ted Theopolos)

Wright-Patt Airmen meet President Obama

President Barack Obama shakes the hand of Air Force Senior Airman Brooke Lohr Jan. 28, 2010 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden briefly met with Airmen providing aeromedical evacuation support to victims of the recent earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Airman Lohr is a cardiopulmonary technician deployed from the 88th Medical Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She and fellow critical care air transport team member, Capt. Jeffery Marsh (second from right), were among the Airmen thanked by the President for their direct support to Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford)

Health News Road Show team

Wright-Patterson Health News Road Show team, (L-R) Col. Doug Wilson, 88 Dental Squadron Commander; Ken Kirkland, Beneficiary Counselor; Mary Fairman, Health Care Integrator; and Crystal Kelly, Medical Management; briefed a new group of 2nd Lts. at the Air Force Institute of Technology recently. The briefing aimed at introducing the benefits and programs afforded through the health care programs here and is designed to establish a two way flow of information intended to build and maintain a strong working relationship between health care providers and patients.