AETC civic leaders tour Wright-Patterson

Gen. Stephen Lorenz, Lt. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, and Brig. Gen. Walter Givhan welcome civic leader Walter Miller Sept. 7, 2010 to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Mr. Miller, president of the Polygon Group based in Memphis, Tenn., was one of 21 civic leaders across the nation to observe Air Force missions performed by Wright-Patt Airmen and civilian employees. General Lorenz is Air Education & Training Command commander, General Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command vice commander and General Givhan Air Force Institute of Technology commandant (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amanda Duncan)

Helicopter in my pocket

Park Ranger Bob Petersen demonstrates an early flying toy which inspired the Wright Brothers interest in building a flying machine to the Kahler family of Dayton during the Huffman Prairie Aero Carnival Aug. 21, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event was sponsored by the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, with support from the Air Force. Ms. Judy Kahler works for Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Contracting. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

AFMC Tattoo 2010

Master Sgt. Shawn Stanley, vocalist with the Air Force Band of Flight, prepares for a solo during the sixth annual Air Force Materiel Command Tattoo June 25, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Air Force Band of Flight, along with the six-person southwest Ohio band, This Side Up, and featured rock band .38 Special performed for more than 75,000 people from neighboring communities. (U.S. Air Force/Ben Strasser)

AFMC Tattoo 2010

Warrior Airmen are honored and the Air Force Band of Flight was featured during the Air Force Materiel Command Tattoo June 25 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. An estimated crowd in excess of 75,000 attended the sixth annual free public event. (U.S. Air Force/Ben Strasser)

Air Force Materiel Command Tattoo 2010

Gen. Donald Hoffman presents Ralph Hoehn with the Distinguished Flying Cross at the Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo on June 25 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. During World War II, then Lieutenant Hoehn, a member of the 491st Bombardment Group, piloted B-24 Liberators for 35 missions in the skies over Europe. The sixth annual Tattoo attracted more than 75,000 people for an evening of music, military ceremony, aircraft flyovers and fireworks. General Hoffman is AFMC commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

Air Force Materiel Command Tattoo 2010

Dayton's WHIO evening television news co-anchor James Brown narrates during Air Force Materiel Command's sixth annual Tattoo June 25, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The free event honored veterans of the Korean War and attracted more than 75,000 people for an evening of music, military ceremony, aircraft flyovers and fireworks. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)