Remnants of Hurricane Ike wreaks havoc in Ohio's Miami Valley

This Breene Drive home at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's Brick Quarters community is just one of the military family housing units damaged by a powerful wind storm that knocked down trees and took out electricity across southwest Ohio Sept. 14. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Safe haven in Ohio

A U.S. Navy E-2 Hawkeye from Naval Air Station Norfolk is flanked by F-18s from NAS Oceana after flying from their home stations on the Virginia coast to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. By Friday afternoon, Sept. 5, Wright-Patt had received 108 aircraft from six bases seeking safe haven from the approaching Tropical Storm Hanna. (U.S. Air Force photo/Al Bright)

Aluminum main entry doors

Aluminum main entry doors

Bronze and frosted glass Art Deco lamps

Bronze and frosted glass Art Deco lamps

Building 17

Building 17

Caption: Senior Airman Kevin Siclari of the Nutritional Medicine Flight prepares a “combat shake.” His smoothie recipes nourished patients and troops overseas and are now a staple in the Wright-Patterson Medical Center kitchen.

Senior Airman Kevin Siclari of the Nutritional Medicine Flight prepares a “combat shake.” His smoothie recipes nourished patients and troops overseas and are now a staple in the Wright-Patterson Medical Center kitchen. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Dr. (Maj) Peter G. Michaelson, Chief Otolaryngologist, doing a pre-procedure exam of Capt Basler.

Dr. (Maj) Peter G. Michaelson, Chief Otolaryngologist, doing a pre-procedure exam of Captain Basler. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Capt. Michael Basler having his vitals checked by Clinical Nurse, A1C Christopher Weir prior to Somnoplasty TCRF treatment.

Capt. Michael Basler having his vitals checked by Clinical Nurse, A1C Christopher Weir prior to Somnoplasty TCRF treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo)

At 'em boys, give her the gun

Lt. Gen. Jack Hudson, Aeronautical Systems Center commander, Col. Bradley D. Spacy and Col. Colleen Ryan sing the U.S. Air Force Song following the 88th Air Base Wing change of command ceremony July 14 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Colonel Spacy succeeded Col. Ryan as 88th ABW commander during the ceremony, held in a World War Two-era hangar overlooking the flightline in Area C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christy Webb)

100-round salute

Senior Airman Edward Palmer and Staff Sgt. Wesley Fine of the 88th Security Forces Squadron prepare to fire 100 rounds of blank ammunition from a M-240 machine gun during the 88th Air Base Wing change of command ceremony July 14 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Colonel Bradley D. Spacy, succeeded Col. Colleen Ryan at the ceremony, held in a World War Two-era hangar overlooking the flightline in Area C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christy Webb)

88th ABW Change of Command

Lt. Gen. Jack Hudson, Aeronautical Systems Center commander, passes the colors for the 88th Air Base Wing to Col. Bradley D. Spacy, during a change of command ceremony in Hangar 206 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio July 14. Colonel Spacy, a career Security Forces officer, succeeded Col. Colleen Ryan (right), who is retiring. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser).

New 88th Air Base Wing commander

Col. Bradley D. Spacy speaks to members of the news media after taking command of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on July 14. The wing is comprised of more than 5,000 Airmen, civilian employees and contractor personnel who operate, maintain and defend one of the Air Force's largest and most organizationally diverse installations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser).

Grid map marker

Staff Sgt. Michael Miller (right), Lt. Col. Scott Katz and Staff Sgt. Justin Ames identify damaged facilities on a map simulating their forward deployed location. Airmen from organizations across Wright-Patterson Air Force Base participated in an exercise May 13 which tested response to conventional and chemical attacks. Katz and Miller are with the 88th Mission Support Group. Ames is a defender with the 88th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

Attention to detail

Staff Sgt. Michael Miller, information management specialist with the 88th Mission Support Group, records unexploded ordnance information following a mock attack. Miller was among Airmen from across Wright-Patterson Air Force Base participating in an exercise May 13 testing command and control procedures and response to conventional and chemical attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

711th Human Performance Wing complex

Artist conception of the 711th Human Performance Wing complex to be constructed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force graphic by by KZF/BWSC)

AFMC Outstanding Airmen

Air Force Materiel Command’s Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, Tech. Sgt. Tammy K. Shaw (center), poses with Gen. Bruce Carlson, AFMC commander (left), and Chief Master Sgt. William C. Gurney, command chief for AFMC. Sergeant Shaw is assigned to the 88th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She was selected from 11 nominees during a ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force April 2. (Air Force photo by Ben Strasser)

Wright-Patterson Airmen support Pacific Lifeline

From left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Melanie Duffy, Capt. Jacqueline Johnson and Senior Airman Azziz Alisasis stand by to load simulated patients into a U.S. Army UH-1 Huey helicopter Feb. 4, 2008, during exercise Pacific Lifeline on the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Hawaii. The exercise is intended to test the military's ability to rapidly deploy a trained and equipped team anywhere in the Pacific in response to a humanitarian assistance mission or disaster scenario. Duffy and Johnson are both from the 88th Medical Group at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Alisasis is from the 724th Aeromedical Staging Facility at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephen Schester)

Providing safer blood products faster to wounded warriors

Staff Sgt. Amanda Winders checks on the platelet donation site of Army Capt. Susan Hawley to ensure the captain's blood is flowing properly while she donates life-saving blood products Jan. 28 at the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The platelet donation process takes about 90 minutes to complete. Though a time consuming process, many lives are saved by donations. Sergeant Winders is a 332nd Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron lab technician deployed from Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Captain Hawley is a 546th Area Support Medical Company doctor deployed from Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

Keeping the information flowin

Senior Airman Sean Reuter, a network systems technician, reacquires the Global Broadcast System, which is part of keeping uninterrupted flow of information streaming to decision makers in the Combined Air Operations Center. He's deployed to Southwest Asia from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Christna Styer, 30th SW)

CFC 2007

Members of the 88th Air Base Wing receive their plaque for their contributions to CFC. (Skywrighter photo by Christy Webb)

Swift-footed Schrieverites to compete in AF Marathon

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The members of the Schriever Running Club will compete in the Air Force Marathon Sept. 15 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. They are (from left): Nicole Fleming of the 50th Contracting Squadron, Carlos Nivia of the 4th Space Operations Squadron, Alan Burwell of 2nd SOPS, Julie Warren of 4th SOPS and Katherine Portillo of 3rd SOPS. Not pictured but also competing will be Caitlin Diffley of 2nd SOPS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

Hurry up and wait

Air Force Marathon Pace Team member Jim Crist slows near the finish line of the 2006 Air Force Marathon to encourage runners around him. (Air Force photo by Spencer P. Lane)

SARC partners with base councils

From left, Jennifer Hart, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Junior Force Council president; Senior Airman Kamau Nembhard, Base Enlisted Advisory Council vice president; Simone Koram, sexual assault response coordinator; Capt. Gary Charland, JFC vice president; 2nd Lt Leah Swanson, Company Grade Officers Council president; and Staff Sgt Mike Feggans, BEAC executive officer, join hands in partnership to promote awareness at a meeting July 26 in the SARC office. (Air Force photo/Christy Webb)

Pistol match

Shooters stand ready to fire at their targets during the Excellence-in-Competition pistol competition May 25, 2006, at the combat arms facility on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Wright-Patterson will host the second all-Air Force pistol match Oct. 15-19, 2007. For information, call DSN 672-3060 or (937) 522-3060. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Shaun Emery)