Wright-Patt Airman command's hospital in Iraq

Col. Mark White and Maj. Christopher Keirns discuss trauma capabilities inside the hospital emergency room at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Col. White is commander of the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron which operates the hospital. The Hinesburg, Vt., native, is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S.Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Breckon)

506th Medical Squadron New Commander

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Col. Mark White, 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron commander, pauses momentarily for a photo after assuming command of the 506th EMEDS here July 11. The Hinesburg, Vt., native, is deployed here from the 88th Medical Group, 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Joshua Breckon)

Exercise, exercise, exercise

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Betty Schnoop, 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, completes a triage tag for simulated burn victim during a dorm fire exercise at an air base in Southwest Asia, June 22. A triage tag has three basic categories -- a tear off section to label the severity of the patient's injury and status, main body for the patient assessment and peel off sticker to identify what transportation and treatment the patient received. Sergeant Schnoop is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and hails from Albany, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Courtney Richardson)

OEF

Capt. Elisabeth Leon, lead engineer for the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, speaks with a local contractor as part of a quality assurance inspection of a development site in Jalalabad May 30, 2009. The PRT is responsible for development and reconstruction projects in Nangarhar Province. The projects are built by local and contractors and are designed to improve the livelihood of the people living in the area. Captain Leon is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff. Sgt. Shawn Weismiller)

CORONA Top 2009

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley lead the four-star session of CORONA Top 2009 June 6 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This was the fifth successive year CORONA Top has been hosted at Wright-Patterson. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Ash)

First LEED building at WPAFB

Air Force Institute of Technology’s new academic building at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base recently received the base's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design “Silver” certification rating. The effort is an Air Force initiative for improving energy efficiency and natural resource conservation at its installations while establishing safe, healthy and productive built environments and facilities.

Senior Airman wins male bench press competition

Senior Airman Derrick Tolliver, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, bench presses 190 lbs. in "The Rock" gym at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, May 15. The 455th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron held a bench press competition open to all members of Bagram, consisting of lifting one's body weight as many times unitl failure. Airman Tolliver placed first in the competition receiving an iPod Shuffle. He is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and hails from Charleston, W.Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erik Cardenas)

Ohio civic leaders tour Lackland

Jeffery Payne, Assistant Dayton Fire Chief, congratulates new Airmen after their graduation. Col. Bradley D. Spacy, 88th Air Base Wing commander, hosted more than 25 local civic leaders on a tour of Lackland Air Force Base’s 37th Training Wing May 7-8 to highlight the intensive training that goes into creating today’s warrior Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ken LaRock)

Arbor Day Celebration

Dennis Mattson, 88th Air Base Wing Civil Engineer director, and Dave Perkins, 88th ABW CE deputy director, planted a 2-inch white dogwood April 24 in front of 88th ABW Headquarters,in commemoration of Arbor Day.

CSAF at acquisition conference

Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, speaks to an assembly of some 700 Air Force acquisition professionals and defense industry partners April 21 during DOD Acquisition Insight Days at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. The event, organized by officials at Defense Acquisition University - Midwest Region, provided senior leader perspectives, workshops and training focused on delivering war-winning capabilities for joint warfighters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Al Bright)

Marcus Freeman talks to Wright-Patterson

Dayton area's own Marcus Freeman, linebacker for Ohio State University, visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with Coach Jim Tressel during a Coaches Tour 2009 Kickoff Briefing. Marcus Freeman will enter the NFL's draft April 25 and 26. (U.S. Air Force photograph/Ben Strasser)

OSU Coach Jim Tressel sits in F-16 Fighting Falcon

OSU's head football coach Jim Tressel sits in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a Coaches Tour 2009 Kickoff Briefing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Coach Tressel visited the base to raise morale and show his support for the Air Force. Coach Tressel will visit the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility later this year with a handful of other collegiate coaches to visit the troops. (U.S. Air Force photograph/Ben Strasser)

All clear

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Richard Rau, 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron patrolman, clears enemy weapons that have been laid out and marked for destruction here March 18. The various weapons were collected over time from amnesty boxes and units across JBB to enhance base security and force protection. Rau is deployed here from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is a native of Lake Odessa, Mich. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Elizabeth Rissmiller)

EO equal across service lines

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Master Sgt. Joe Newton, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing equal opportunity director, teaches a portion of the Army?s Equal Opportunity Leader?s Course here March 16. Newton was the only Air Force instructor teaching during the Army course. Newton is deployed here from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Dilia Ayala)

Wright-Patterson Medical Center

Wright-Patterson Medical Center is one of the Air Force's largest. It is operated by men and women of the 88th Medical Group, part of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Eligible beneficiaries can access the hospital from Gate 12B, off of Ohio State Route 444 in Fairborn. For more information visit www.wpafb.af.mil/units/wpmc/. (U.S. Air Force photo)

ESFS inspections allow safe, sound base security

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Tech. Sgt. Michael Carley, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron member, deployed from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, looks for contraband and hazardous items inside a closet of third country nationals here, Jan. 30. The Ashmond, Ky., native also looks for fire hazards and unsafe items in TCN work areas as a part of health and wellness inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Jessica Lockoski)

Lifesaver

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq ? Senior Airman Steven Slocum, 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron security forces member deployed here from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, lubricates a nasopharyngeal airway before inserting it into the nasal passage of a fellow Combat Life Saver Course student here March 2. Performing an NPA was a skill required for course students to receive their CLS certification. Students were required to both administer and receive an NPA on each other. Once CLS-certified, servicemembers are trained to provide immediate care, administer IV fluids to control shock, and perform needle chest decompression for a casualty with tension pneumothorax. A tension pneumothorax is a life-threatening condition that results from a progressive deterioration and worsening of a simple pneumothorax, collapsed lung. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Dilia Ayala)

Lifesaver

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq ? Senior Airman Steven Slocum, 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron security forces member deployed here from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, prepares to insert a nasopharyngeal airway into the nasal passage of Staff Sgt. Crystal Mims, 332nd ESFS security forces member deployed from Travis AFB, Calif., and fellow Combat Life Saver Course student here March 2. Performing an NPA was a skill required for course students to receive their CLS certification. Students were required to both administer and receive an NPA on each other. Once CLS-certified, servicemembers are trained to provide immediate care, administer IV fluids to control shock, and perform needle chest decompression for a casualty with tension pneumothorax. A tension pneumothorax is a life-threatening condition that results from a progressive deterioration and worsening of a simple pneumothorax, collapsed lung. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Dilia Ayala)

CASF cares for transient wounded

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Cassandra Hamric, 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, loads the luggage of the wounded patients onto the Ambus at an air base in Southwest Asia, March 1. Once the bags are unloaded off of the aircraft, they are checked against a manifest to ensure all of the bags have arrived with the patients. Airman Hamric is deployed from Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and is originally from Canton, Mich. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Courtney Richardson)

CASF cares for transient wounded

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Alyssa Aguilar, 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, checks the baggage manifest for the Air Evacuation patients deplaning to the facility at an air base in Southwest Asia, March 1. All baggage is accounted for to ensure the patient arrive with all of their personal items. Airman Aguilar is deployed from Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, and is originally from Sacramento, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Courtney Richardson)

Wright-Patt AIrmen deploy to Ecuador at MEDRETE

Dr. (Capt.) Amit Bhatt, 88th Medical Group pediatric resident from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio deployed to Zhina, Ecuador, with a MEDRETE team, providing humanitarian medical support to four villages surrounding Cuenca, Ecuador. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Wright-Patt AIrmen deploy to Ecuador at MEDRETE

Dr. (Lt. Col.) James Rick, from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and an Ecuadorian physician take a break from providing patient care during a visit to Tomebamba, Ecuador. Rick and other 88th Medical Group Airmen deployed to Ecuador supporting U.S. Southern Command's MEDRETE exercise in September and October 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Pre-deployment Fair

Joshua King sports a new look after getting his face painted at a Pre-deployment Fair for base Airmen and their families Jan. 31 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Joshua is the son of Jim and Capt. Teresa King with the Air Force Institute of Technology. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

Pre-deployment Fair

Chief Master Sgt. John L. Hoffman, 88th Air Base Wing Command Chief, discusses support to deployed servicemembers with American Red Cross volunteer Patrick Tuffey. The American Red Cross was among about two dozen community partners at a Pre-Deployment Fair for Airmen and their Families held Jan. 31 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)