Ohio civic leaders tour Lackland

Col. Spacy and the Mayor of Fairborn Gary Woodward join 37th TRW leadership as graduating Airmen pass in review. 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)

FLL Tournament Logo

FIRST LEGO® League United States Open Championship, sponsored by the Education Outreach Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and a host of others, to be held May 8 and 9 at the Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wright State University. The championship event will bring the top 60 teams, out of over 9000 from across the United States, together to vie for the title of US Open FLL Champion.

Base Response and Readiness Exercise

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Capt. Donald Euler, 386th Expeditionary Medical Group ground critical care team chief, reviews a simulated patient's condition while 1st Lt. Heather Keen, 386th EMDG clinical nurse, scribes his observations on the simulated patient's chart during a Base Response and Readiness Exercise at an air base in Southwest Asia, April 13. Once a patient is transferred from the scene to the nearest medical facility they are closely monitored until their condition becomes stable or until they are transferred to another facility for specialized care. Captain Euler and Lieutenant Keen are both currently deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Captain Euler is originally from Chattanooga, Tenn., and Lieutenant Keen is originally from Hastings, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Courtney Richardson)

EOD training saves lives

An explosive ordnance disposal robot operated by Tech. Sgt. Micah Jobe demonstrates how EOD personnel can destroy a simulated improvised explosive device or IED. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base EOD specialists with the 88th Air Base Wing credit their proficiency training to helping save the lives of U.S. and coalition joint servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

OSU's coach Jim Tressel visits Wright-Patterson

OSU's head football coach Jim Tressel, accompanied by his wife Ellen, signed autograph's for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel during the Coaches Tour 2009 Kickoff Briefing. The event was a warm up venue for a trip later this year to the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, where Coach Tressel and a handful of other collegiate coaches will meet with the troops. (U.S. Air Force photograph/Al Bright)

C-5 Galaxy is key player in exercise scenario

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio - Senior Airman Patrick Richard, 88th Security Forces Squadron, portrays an individual who attempted to hijack a 445th Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy aircraft during a base emergency response exercise March 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacy Vaughn)